blaze away
To shoot a gun non-stop, OR to burn very brightly, OR to do something with a lot of energy.
Meanings
To fire weapons rapidly and without stopping.
"The gunner blazed away at the approaching vehicles until he ran out of ammunition."
To burn with great intensity and brightness for a sustained period.
"The bonfire blazed away long into the night, lighting up the whole field."
To continue doing something with great enthusiasm or energy.
"The journalist blazed away at her article all afternoon and filed it just before the deadline."
The firing and burning senses are both common in literary and journalistic writing. The 'work energetically' sense is informal and less common. 'Away' adds the sense of sustained, uninterrupted action. More frequent in British English than American English in the burning sense.
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