blaze, v.¹ — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

blaze v.¹

[SE blaze the trail]

(US campus) to leave.

1954		‘Bop Dict.’ Mad mag. Oct. 20: to go – blaze, split.
1983		N.Y. Daily News 25 Mar. n.p.: Teentalk glossary [...] let’s leave [...] let’s blaze, let’s blow this firetrap.
1989		Newsweek 25 Sept. 6: Blaze: To leave.
1996		Eble Campus Sl. Sept. 1: blaze – go quickly.
2001		(con. 1975–6) E. Little Steel Toes 64: As soon as we out the door I’m blazin’. if ya can’t keep up, shame on you.
2016		A. Wheatle Crongton Knights 242: He could have easily blazed away. but he didn’t.