New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: die away · fade away · give away · hide away · pine away · ferret away · drive away · fire alarm · flick away · fling away

fire away

1 (v + adv) with gun etc INTRANSITIVEscaoil leat c m ucaith leat c m uhe fired away at the pigeons bhí sé ag scaoileadh leis ar na colúir 2 (v + adv) ask questions INTRANSITIVElean ort c m ucoinnigh ort c m uar aghaidh leat c m uI don't think I can help, but fire away ní dóigh liom gur féidir liom cuidiú ach lean ort 3 (v + adv) (especially US) criticise INTRANSITIVEshe fired away at our proposals cháin sí ár gcuid moltaí → see fire

Phrases and Examples in other entries

blaze »

the fire was blazing away bhí an tine ag dó léi
come away »

come away from the fire tar ar shiúl ón tine, tar uait ón tine, gabh i leith uait ón tine
fire »

she fired the engine and drove away thosaigh sí an t-inneall agus thiomáin sí léi

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