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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Four minutes later, Luca de la Torre fired off a shot from straight on that sailed just over the crossbar.
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Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
While there was no indication Hinton fired off any rounds toward officers, police said the gun was loaded with an extended magazine.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Nobody was struck when the robber fired off multiple rounds in the Midwood branch of the U.S. Postal Service on Coney Island Ave.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to Charles H. Ray, the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
While there was no indication Hinton fired off any rounds toward officers, police said the gun was loaded with an extended magazine.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Nobody was struck when the robber fired off multiple rounds in the Midwood branch of the U.S. Postal Service on Coney Island Ave.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 30 June 2025
Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to Charles H. Ray, the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
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“Fire off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20off. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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