fire away

verb

fired away; firing away; fires away

intransitive verb

: to speak without hesitation

—usually used as an imperative

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Then Sam throws the rest of his kindling onto his fire in a last-ditch attempt just as, as Jeffrey says, the wind blows Teeny’s fire away from her rope and blows Sam’s fire upward toward his rope. —

Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024 How Colorado is attacking and scoring goals with the extra man looks a little different this year, and one offshoot of that is MacKinnon and Rantanen aren’t firing away as often from the flanks. —

Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024 The Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks made the 2024 NBA Finals as very different teams linked by one strategic goal: fire away from downtown. —

Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019 Perhaps most notably, both sides deploy decoy vehicles—either inoperative derelicts or inflatable fakes—to draw enemy fire away from real vehicles. —

David Axe, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fire away