Fired
Fired adjective - Having lost your job.
Open fire
Open fire verb - Start firing a weapon.
Both terms in one sentence
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You then open fire, and are treated to a cinematic view of your shots being fired.
Source: Epic Fail / Video Games -
An agent remarks he was able to draw a weapon and open fire on the attackers, but when Jarod saves the witness, she says he never fired any shots.
Source: Series / The Pretender -
Played for laughs in Attack of the Clones when C-3PO's head gets knocked off and is fused to a battle droid's body, forcing him to open fire on the Jedi Knights, him frantically apologizing for every shot fired.
Source: Apologetic Attacker
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