Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To begin shooting at an enemy.

  2. (figuratively, intransitive)To begin to talk or present information quickly.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. I started a fire right away.

    ruЯ сразу развёл костёр.

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  2. They didn't fire right away.

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  3. Keep fire away from this pond.

    deKein offenes Feuer an diesem Teich!

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  4. Your random firing will scare away the prey.

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  5. "May I ask you a question?" "Fire away."

    ru«Можно мне спросить?» – «Валяй».

    de"Darf ich Ihnen eine Frage stellen?" "Nur zu!"

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Forms

fires away, firing away, fired away, fired away
Base formfire away · to fire away
3rd person singularfires away
Present participlefiring away
Past simplefired away
Past participlefired away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfire away
he, she, itfires away

Past simpleLesson

all personsfired away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fired away
he, she, ithas fired away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fire away

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fireA1firearmB2fireball
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