firing of fire
61Firing iron — Firing Fir ing, n. 1. The act of discharging firearms. [1913 Webster] 2. The mode of introducing fuel into the furnace and working it. Knight. [1913 Webster] 3. The application of fire, or of a cautery. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] 4. The process of …
62firing line — To be in the firing line is to face blame or adverse criticism; the image is of the front line of troops facing the enemy in battle. It is the worst kind of pedantry to insist (as some do) that the correct form should be in the line of fire,… …
63firing squad — or firing party n. 1. a group of soldiers detailed to shoot someone to death 2. Mil. a group detailed to fire a volley of shots over the grave at a military funeral …
64fire back at — ˌfire ˈback at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they fire back at he/she/it fires back at present participle firing back at past tense fired back at …
65firing-step — fireˈ step or firˈing step noun (historical) A ledge on which soldiers stand to fire over a parapet, a banquette • • • Main Entry: ↑fire …
66firing on all (four) cylinders — functioning at a peak level. → fire …
67firing on all cylinders — ► firing on all (four) cylinders functioning at a peak level. Main Entry: ↑fire …
68firing on all four cylinders — ► firing on all (four) cylinders functioning at a peak level. Main Entry: ↑fire …
69fire on all cylinders — If something is firing on all cylinders, it is going as well as it could …
70fire control — n. supervision of the aiming and firing of weapons at military targets …
