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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Whatever cranky conservative quip Allen fires off is sanded down by the balance Dennings brings to the breakfast table.
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Hutchins was killed, and director Joel Souza was injured, on October 21, 2021 after the Colt .45 Baldwin was pointing at the cinematographer fired off a live round during a rehearsal on Rust.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
Police urged the public to celebrate responsibly and avoid firing off celebratory gunshots.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
When these explosions happen at practically the same time from different sunspot regions, they are actually intertwined and do not fire off on their own.
—Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Hutchins was killed, and director Joel Souza was injured, on October 21, 2021 after the Colt .45 Baldwin was pointing at the cinematographer fired off a live round during a rehearsal on Rust.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
Police urged the public to celebrate responsibly and avoid firing off celebratory gunshots.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
When these explosions happen at practically the same time from different sunspot regions, they are actually intertwined and do not fire off on their own.
—Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Fire off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20off. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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