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OPEN FIRE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does open fire mean?

• OPEN FIRE (verb)
The verb OPEN FIRE has 1 sense:

1. start firing a weapon

Familiarity information: OPEN FIRE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OPEN FIRE (verb)

Sense 1

open fire ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Start firing a weapon

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

fire; open fire

Hypernyms (to "open fire" is one way to...):

shoot (fire a shot)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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