to blaze
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6.8
- verb
- /bleɪz/
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- They decided to blaze the trail by marking the trees with white paint.
- blaze a trail
- blaze a path
- follow the trail blazed
I just, you know, drove through the trails that I had already blazed.
- I just, you know, drove through the trails that I had already blazed.
- But we would stack wood and, you know, clear out parts of, of the overgrown areas and blaze trails and all that.
Examples
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The forest service blazed a new path through the woods to guide hikers.
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But to get there, you have to blaze your own trail.
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For example, I used to take her fishing, you know, or we would go out and, and blaze trails through through the woods.
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When working with an entire grade level on a project, the beginning team usually blazes the trail for the other teams.
Academic text (2012) -
Cheers, and thank you for all that you have done to blaze a trail for the BMCC community.
Blog text (28) -
With this contribution to the literature, I hope others follow in Ambrose's footsteps (or blaze their own trails!).
Academic text (2005) -
Dr. Venter and his team at the Venter Institute continue to blaze new trails in genomics.
Blog text (17) -
They're out cutting wood and making biscuits and blazing a new trail out back - nothing out of the ordinary.
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Trails and bridle paths were blazed through the forests and up the slopes of the mountain.
Fiction book (2002) -
As the group ventured deeper into the wilderness, they blazed a route for others to follow.
Synonyms
Make a new path through wild land by clearing plants and marking the route
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Etymology
The word blaze meaning to mark a path comes from the bright marks cut or painted on trees to guide people, so to 'blaze' a trail is to show the way by leaving clear marks.