OPEN FIRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does open fire mean? 

• OPEN FIRE (verb)
  The verb OPEN FIRE has 1 sense:

1. start firing a weapon

  Familiarity information: OPEN FIRE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPEN FIRE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Start firing a weapon

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

fire; open fire

Hypernyms (to "open fire" is one way to...):

blast; shoot (fire a shot)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

I will see, Mr. Utterson, said Poole, admitting the visitor, as he spoke, into a large, low-roofed, comfortable hall paved with flags, warmed (after the fashion of a country house) by a bright, open fire, and furnished with costly cabinets of oak.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

She, who had never cooked in her life, learned to make bread without the mediation of hops, yeast, or baking-powder, and to bake bread, top and bottom, in a frying-pan before an open fire.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)