trail-blazer

See: BLAZE A TRAIL.

No categories: add yours

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

To section: T

Subscribe to: American Idioms

► Also consider the parent subscriptions (3)

Discuss

✉

Our RSS-channels

Show All

See as well

blaze a trail

[blaze a trail] {v. phr.} 1. To cut marks in trees in order to guide other people along a path or trail, especially through a wilderness. * /Daniel Boone blazed […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

trail

[trail] See: [BLAZE A TRAIL], [ON THE TRACK OF] or [ON THE TRAIL OF]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

on the track of

[on the track of] or [on the trail of] Hunting or looking for; trying to find; following. * /The hunter is on the track of a deer./ * /The lawyer […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on the trail of

[on the trail of] See: [ON THE TRACK OF]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates

point-blank

[point-blank] {adv.} Straightforwardly; bluntly; directly. * /Sue refused point-blank to discuss marriage with Sam./

Samuel Butler

How holy people look when they are seasick!

ай-да!

[ай-да!] {colloquial} {used by children} [aj-`da!] ~let us (let's) Let's go (do, play, etc.) * /Ребята, ай-да […]

fall into the habit of

[fall into the habit of] {v. phr.} To develop the custom of doing something. * /Jack has fallen into the bad habit of […]