blaze away

blaze away

1. To destroy or clear away something in a great fire. A noun or pronoun can be used between "blaze" and "away." The wildfires have been blazing away huge swathes of forest across California. The police suspect that someone tried to blaze the evidence away with arson.
2. To be destroyed or cleared away in a great fire. The Amazon has been blazing away for days now, yet it seems like the world's leaders are doing very little about it. My entire career blazed away along with my company's office that day.
3. To fire one's firearms repeatedly, wildly, or at will. He was so trigger happy that he started blazing away the moment he saw a shadow move in the distance.
4. To smoke marijuana frequently, continuously, or at will. Well, it's no wonder you haven't made any progress on your project when you've been spending the whole day blazing away! A: "Do you mind if I smoke up here?" B: "No worries, dude—blaze away!"
See also: away, blaze

blaze away at (someone or something)

To shoot a gun at a target repeatedly. The officer blazed away at the fleeing criminal and finally struck him in the leg. William blazed away at the bull's eye and still didn't land a single shot!
See also: away, blaze
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

blaze away (at someone or something)

[for gunfire] to fire continually at someone or something. The guns blazed away at the oncoming ducks. The cowboy blazed away at his opponent in the gunfight.
See also: away, blaze
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • blaze away at (someone or something)
  • bring away
  • bury away
  • chew away
  • boring
  • borne
  • bear away
  • ease away
  • chuck away
  • cut away
References in periodicals archive
I find it contradictory, telling us to save energy when all these lights blaze away every night, in particular the winter nights when it is either raining or snowing and nobody is there.
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The 51-year-old Pakistani said his staff battled for two and a half hours to keep the blaze away by using fire extinguishers and water hoses.
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It comes as no surprise to see the Highlands twinkling with less than 20 lights per square mile while major cities blaze away with 20,000.
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They also positioned tanker trucks along the closed road in an attempt to keep the blaze away from southern Florida's cities.
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The depth of Somerset's batting gives the top three or four the freedom to blaze away - in their penultimate group game they recovered from 23-4 to chase down a target of 175 against Gloucestershire with an over to spare.
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