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open fire
Idioms and Phrases
Begin a verbal attack, as in In her second letter to the editor she opened fire, saying the reporter had deliberately misquoted her . This idiom alludes to discharging a firearm. [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
As for wok cooking on a grill, it’s about taking the intense heat that a wok thrives on and adapting it to an open fire.
The gang then opened fire on the remaining passengers, killing 10 Protestant workmen and seriously wounding another.
The gunmen opened fire, injuring several people, but eventually were driven out.
A group of gunmen opened fire on Tuesday on tourists at a resort in Pahalgam, a picturesque town in the Himalayas often described as the "Switzerland of India".
At least five people have been killed after gunmen opened fire on a group of domestic tourists visiting a popular beauty spot in Indian-administered Kashmir, authorities have told the BBC.
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