fire off
verb
fired off; firing off; fires off
: to write and send usually in haste or anger
fired off a memo
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Over the match’s final 10 minutes, Mater Dei pushed its players forward and fired off a pair of quality looks in the 71st and 72nd minutes, which included a shot that rattled the far post by Leila Magana.
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Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
The man was caught on surveillance video stepping out of the car and firing off the arrows from a crossbow before jumping back into the vehicle.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
In the Pennsylvania shooting, the Secret Service was accused of allowing 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks to climb atop a nearby roof and fire off eight shots at the Republican nominee − with a clear line of sight − before being killed by an agency countersniper.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
The exasperated experts, right here, begin to fire off e-mails and D.M.s, tutting at the eminent philosopher’s obvious failures of sleep hygiene.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
The man was caught on surveillance video stepping out of the car and firing off the arrows from a crossbow before jumping back into the vehicle.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2025
In the Pennsylvania shooting, the Secret Service was accused of allowing 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks to climb atop a nearby roof and fire off eight shots at the Republican nominee − with a clear line of sight − before being killed by an agency countersniper.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
The exasperated experts, right here, begin to fire off e-mails and D.M.s, tutting at the eminent philosopher’s obvious failures of sleep hygiene.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Fire off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20off. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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