puff away (at something)

puff away (at something)

To continuously take brief inhalations of, from, or out of something, such as a cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc. He hunched over the typewriter, puffing away at the cigarette while he tried to come up with an idea. My grandfather always used to sit on the sofa with his pip after dinner, puffing away like a little human chimney.
See also: away, puff
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

puff

in. to get drunk. Those guys go out and puff every Friday night.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • puff at
  • puff at (something)
  • make (something) up as (one) goes (along)
  • blow smoke
  • type over
  • type over (something)
  • a good five-cent cigar
  • seegar
  • have (got) an/(one's) eye on (someone or something)
  • have one's eye on