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===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{audio|en|En-au-open fire.ogg| |
* {{audio|en|En-au-open fire.ogg|a=AU}} |
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===Verb=== |
===Verb=== |
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# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} To begin [[firing]] ( |
# {{lb|en|idiomatic}} To [[begin]] [[firing]] ([[weapon]]s) at something or someone. |
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#: {{ux|en|In warfare, whoever '''opens fire''' first has a greater chance of victory.}} |
#: {{ux|en|In warfare, whoever '''opens fire''' first has a greater chance of victory.}} |
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#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:James D. Hornfischer|chapter=28: Into the Light|title=Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal|url=https://archive.org/details/neptunesinferno00jame|accessdate=21 November 2022|location=New York|publisher=w:Bantam Books|year=2011|pages=273–274|isbn=978-0-553-80670-0|text=The ''Atlanta'' was swinging through her own turn to avoid a collision with the van when the searchlight, probably from the destroyer ''Akatsuki'', lit upon her from abaft the port beam. Captain Jenkins reacted as commanders had been trained in peacetime: "Counter-illuminate!" he shouted. His gunnery officer, Lieutenant Commander William R. D. Nickelson, Jr., preferred to respond with other hardware. At once he shouted into his headset mike: "Fuck that! '''Open fire'''!" His assistant, Lloyd Mustin, was recording accurate ranges from the narrowcasting fire-control radar and didn't need help from other wavelengths. "''Action port. Illuminating ship is target,''" he instructed his gun captains. Mustin, controlling the after trio of five-inch mounts, and Nickelson slewed their directors onto the lights and '''opened fire''' immediately.}} |
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*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}} |
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}} |
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* Esperanto: {{t|eo|ekpafi}} |
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|avata tuli}} |
* Finnish: {{t|fi|avata tuli}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|ouvrir le feu}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|ouvrir le feu}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|losschießen}} |
* German: {{t+|de|losschießen}} |
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* Greek: {{t|el|ανοίγω πυρ}} |
* Greek: {{t|el|ανοίγω πυρ}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t|hu|tüzet nyit}} |
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|tüzet nyit}} |
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* Latvian: {{t|lv|atklāt uguni}} |
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* Mongolian: {{t|mn|гал нээх}} |
* Mongolian: {{t|mn|гал нээх}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t|pt|abrir fogo}} |
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|abrir fogo}} |
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* Spanish: {{t|es|abrir fuego}} |
* Spanish: {{t|es|abrir fuego}} |
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* Swedish: {{t|sv|öppna eld}} |
* Swedish: {{t|sv|öppna eld}} |
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* Turkish: {{t|tr|ateş açmak}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|avotuli}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|avotuli}} |
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* Russian: {{t|ru|откры́тый ого́нь}} |
* Russian: {{t|ru|откры́тый ого́нь}} |
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* Swedish: {{t|sv|öppen eld|c}} |
* Swedish: {{t|sv|öppen eld|c}} |
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* Tagalog: {{t|tl|dapog}} |
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|dapog}} |
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Latest revision as of 01:22, 5 October 2024
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
[edit]open fire (third-person singular simple present opens fire, present participle opening fire, simple past and past participle opened fire)
- (idiomatic) To begin firing (weapons) at something or someone.
- In warfare, whoever opens fire first has a greater chance of victory.
- 2011, James D. Hornfischer, “28: Into the Light”, in Neptune's Inferno: The U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal[1], New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, retrieved 21 November 2022, pages 273–274:
- The Atlanta was swinging through her own turn to avoid a collision with the van when the searchlight, probably from the destroyer Akatsuki, lit upon her from abaft the port beam. Captain Jenkins reacted as commanders had been trained in peacetime: "Counter-illuminate!" he shouted. His gunnery officer, Lieutenant Commander William R. D. Nickelson, Jr., preferred to respond with other hardware. At once he shouted into his headset mike: "Fuck that! Open fire!" His assistant, Lloyd Mustin, was recording accurate ranges from the narrowcasting fire-control radar and didn't need help from other wavelengths. "Action port. Illuminating ship is target," he instructed his gun captains. Mustin, controlling the after trio of five-inch mounts, and Nickelson slewed their directors onto the lights and opened fire immediately.
Translations
[edit]to begin firing at something or someone
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Noun
[edit]open fire (plural open fires)
- An uncovered fire.
- We roasted chestnuts over an open fire.
Translations
[edit]uncovered fire
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