rattle off

phrasal verb

rattled off; rattling off; rattles off

informal

: to say (something) quickly or easily from memory

She rattled off the names of all 50 states.

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During the first 45 seconds of the cold open, half of the cast soberly rattles off some of the president-elect’s many glaring deficits. —

Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024 As impressive as the stats being rattled off in each segment were, Smith felt something was missing from the broadcasts. —

Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024 Apple managers and senior vice presidents certainly rattled off a lot of features: a thin isolation split, a 16-core neural engine, the most advanced H2 chip. —

Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2024 McQueen, 55, is quick to rattle off a list of modern-day conflicts that have parallels to the film — in the Ukraine, the Middle East, Libya. —

Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rattle off