firing off

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firing off - the act of discharging a gun

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.

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In this way they advanced, shouting and singing, firing off their fusees, and clashing their shields.

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They are partly American and partly Irish, and herd together on the lower deck; where they amused themselves last evening till the night was pretty far advanced, by alternately firing off pistols and singing hymns.

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Had they seen the island, as I must necessarily suppose they did not, they must, as I thought, have endeavoured to have saved themselves on shore by the help of their boat; but their firing off guns for help, especially when they saw, as I imagined, my fire, filled me with many thoughts.