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firing off

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Noun1.firing off - the act of discharging a gun
firing, discharge
shooting, shot - the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"
gun - the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute"
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Don't let us be firing off our guns in a hurry, you know.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
"I have remarked also another thing," said Athos, "which is, that in firing off your pistol you hold your arm too far outstretched.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
In this way they advanced, shouting and singing, firing off their fusees, and clashing their shields.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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