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fire away
verb
- informal.intr, adverb; often imperative to begin to speak or to ask questions
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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 .Advertisement
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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