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Firing off   /fˈaɪrɪŋ ɔf/   Listen
Firing off

noun
1.
The act of discharging a gun.  Synonyms: discharge, firing.






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"Firing off" Quotes from Famous Books



... the steamer at Fort Garry (Winnipeg) was celebrated with great rejoicing. Indians ran along the river-bank firing off rifles in welcome, and opposite the flats where the fort gate opened, on what is now Main Street, the company's men came out and fired a royal salute. The people bound for Cariboo camped on the flats outside Fort Garry. Here was a strange world indeed. ...
— The Cariboo Trail - A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia • Agnes C. Laut

... poured out the tea, which afforded Saul Arthur Mann an opportunity of firing off fifty facts about Geneva in ...
— The Man Who Knew • Edgar Wallace



Words linked to "Firing off" :   discharge, shot, gun, shooting



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