reel off
verb
reeled off; reeling off; reels off
1
: to tell or recite readily and usually at length
reel off a few jokes to break the ice
2
: to chalk up usually as a series
Examples of reel off in a Sentence
he's able to reel off the names of all the U.S. presidents, in historical order and without pausing
her friend proceeded to reel off the roster of losers that she had dated over the years
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To open up the third, Tamale reeled off a 67-yard run.
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Pretty much everyone can reel off the latest dollar-to-peso conversion rates (official and black market), the minutiae of fuel-price fluctuations, and fiercely defended opinions about which past government has screwed things up the most.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Or will the Vikings reel off their fourth win in a row?
—Kilty Cleary, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
Jamie finds her and feels the need to immediately buck her up by reeling off a litany of how she’s always had to be the strong one in their family.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Pretty much everyone can reel off the latest dollar-to-peso conversion rates (official and black market), the minutiae of fuel-price fluctuations, and fiercely defended opinions about which past government has screwed things up the most.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
Or will the Vikings reel off their fourth win in a row?
—Kilty Cleary, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
Jamie finds her and feels the need to immediately buck her up by reeling off a litany of how she’s always had to be the strong one in their family.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Reel off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reel%20off. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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