to let fly v. absol. To fire, shoot; also said occasionally of a gun. Also, to make an attack (with any weapon).
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > discharge firearms [verb (intransitive)] (76) to let fly1611 to let fly v. absol. To fire, shoot; also said occasionally of a gun. Also, to make an attack (with any weapon). gun1622 intransitive. To shoot with a gun; hence, to make war. to gun for: to shoot for, to go in search of with a gun; also, to go after or in search of… fire1635 intransitive. To discharge a gun or other firearm; to shoot. Frequently with prepositions indicating the target or direction of the shooting, as at… pop1650 intransitive. colloquial. To fire a gun; to shoot at. pluff1826 intransitive. To puff; to blow out with a puff, esp. suddenly or explosively. Also transitive: to blow or propel (something) from the mouth or… squib1831 To fire a gun, etc.; to shoot. Also figurative. crack1835 colloquial. To shoot (with firearms), fire. Also with down (trans. and intr.). poop1915 intransitive. Of a person: to fire a gun, to shoot. Of a firearm: to go off, to be fired. Usually with away, off. Also figurative. loose1928 absol. or intransitive. To shoot, let fly. Also said of the gun. Now usually with off. Also loosing off. to turn on (or give) the heat1928 slang (originally U.S.), in various interconnected senses, notably (a) a gun (? as an instrument of ‘heat’); cf. heater, n. 1b; (b) in to turn on (or… Subcategories:— simultaneously (2) — continuously (1) — start firing (1) — return fire (1) — settle dispute by firing (1) — types of firing (8) — fire a salute (1) — of gun: go off or fire (17) — cock (1) — recoil (2) — foul (1) — have (specific) range (2) — actions of bullet or shot (15) — load, etc. (4) — take aim (8) — of gun: become unworkable (1) |
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