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fire/shoot blanks
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fire/shoot blanks (humorous)
if a man is firing blanks, there is no sperm (= the cells which combine with the female's egg to start life) in his semen (= the liquid produced in the male sexual organs). They had a series of fertility tests done and found out that basically Tony was firing blanks. (usually in continuous tenses)
See also: blank, fire, shoot
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You no longer need a discriminator to fire blanks with the M240B machine gun.
Do I need a discriminator? by PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
To fire blanks with the Avenger's M3P machine gun you must first install a blank adapter and that means removing the machine gun mount.
Easier mount dismounting by Peterson, Cliff / PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
The Army doesn't want you to fire blanks through the short barrel.
The short and the long of the short barrel by PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
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