open fire

English

Verb

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.

Translations

to begin firing at something or someone

Armenian: կրակ բացել (hy) (krak bacʿel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: avata tuli
French: ouvrir le feu (fr)
German: losschießen (de)
Greek: ανοίγω πυρ (anoígo pyr)
Hungarian: tüzet nyit

Mongolian: гал нээх (gal neeh)
Portuguese: abrir fogo
Russian: откры́ть ого́нь (ru) (otkrýtʹ ogónʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: otvòriti vȁtru
Spanish: abrir fuego
Swedish: öppna eld

Noun

open fire (plural open fires)

An uncovered fire.
We roasted chestnuts over an open fire.

Translations

uncovered fire

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: avotuli (fi)
Russian: откры́тый ого́нь (otkrýtyj ogónʹ)

Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: öppen eld c
Tagalog: dapog

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