open fire
idiom
: to begin shooting
A man opened fire in a crowded mall.
—often + onThe soldiers opened fire on enemy troops.
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The clothing description of the suspect that Romero provided his fellow officers didn’t match a description provided by a witness who spotted the shooter open fire, then run into an idling car that sped him away from the shooting scene, according to Fletcher.
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
Surveillance footage recovered by the Daily News shows the unidentified suspect in a black hoodie and blue medical gloves casually approach, pull a handgun tucked into his rear waistband and open fire, letting loose about eight shots.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
No one sitting anywhere in the colossal common room, with its gleaming pine floors and Persian rugs, there was no one around the open fire, no one in the table game area or the tea nook, no one seated anywhere, despite a number of plump, chintz possibilities.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
The cofounder of the open fire restaurant Firebird in central London has a new place in east London inspired by the fact she’s been living on an island since 2020.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
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City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
Surveillance footage recovered by the Daily News shows the unidentified suspect in a black hoodie and blue medical gloves casually approach, pull a handgun tucked into his rear waistband and open fire, letting loose about eight shots.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
No one sitting anywhere in the colossal common room, with its gleaming pine floors and Persian rugs, there was no one around the open fire, no one in the table game area or the tea nook, no one seated anywhere, despite a number of plump, chintz possibilities.
—Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
The cofounder of the open fire restaurant Firebird in central London has a new place in east London inspired by the fact she’s been living on an island since 2020.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for open fire
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“Open fire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20fire. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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