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fire away

verb

  1. informal.
    intr, adverb; often imperative to begin to speak or to ask questions
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Start to talk or ask questions. For example, You've got more questions? Well, fire away . This expression originated in the 1600s as a military command to discharge firearms and was being transferred to other actions by the late 1700s. Also see fire off .
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Example Sentences

Should they now drop all restrictions and let the Ukrainians fire away at will with everything they’ve got?

From Slate

“Fire away and swing, get the most distance I can on a few of those holes.”

They managed to keep the fire away from nearby homes, containing it to some empty plots of land.

"We kept the fire away from homes," Stathis Topalidis, deputy mayor of Menidi, told state broadcaster ERT on Wednesday.

From Reuters

"We kept the fire away from homes," Stathis Topalidis, deputy mayor of Menidi, told state broadcaster ERT on Wednesday.

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