fire

/faɪər/ verb

Definition

GUN [I, T] › to shoot a bullet from a gun: She fired three shots at him.

JOB [T] informal › to tell someone they must leave their job: [often passive] I was fired for being late.

fire sb's imagination › to make someone very excited or interested in something

fire questions at sb › to ask someone questions quickly one after the other

(Definition of fire verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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