with guns blazing
(also all guns blazing)Definition
› If you do something, especially argue, with guns blazing, you do it with a lot of force and energy: I went into the meeting with guns blazing, determined not to let him win.Strong-willedEnergetic and lively
(Definition of with guns blazing from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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