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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The Panthers came up empty on their two power-play opportunities but did fire off four shots on goal and get five scoring chances.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
Traditionally, most neuromorphic computers emulate the brain’s spiking nature: Neurons fire off electrical spikes to communicate with the neurons around them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2024
The tensions have been turned up a few notches within minutes as wild threats were fired off with the latest haymakers thrown in each other’s direction.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 May 2024
The captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 May 2024
Did Starbucks even send it, or did someone manage to fire off a rogue hello — potentially to millions of people?
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
If all those hurdles sound relatively feasible to clear, feel free to head over to the USAJOBS page to fire off an application by April 6.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
And this year, Wes Anderson fired off a volley of stylish and offbeat shorts for Netflix NFLX +2.4%, all built around writer Roald Dahl’s dark fables.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
Actress and talk show host Joy Behar regularly fires off political jokes (and warnings about the dangers of World War III) on weekday mornings at The View's Hot Topics table, but her signature brand of comedy could've found a different home on late-night airwaves if fate hadn't intervened.
—EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
Traditionally, most neuromorphic computers emulate the brain’s spiking nature: Neurons fire off electrical spikes to communicate with the neurons around them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2024
The tensions have been turned up a few notches within minutes as wild threats were fired off with the latest haymakers thrown in each other’s direction.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 May 2024
The captain of a scuba dive boat that caught fire off the California coast in 2019, killing 34 people, was sentenced to four years in federal prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 May 2024
Did Starbucks even send it, or did someone manage to fire off a rogue hello — potentially to millions of people?
—Chris Welch, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
If all those hurdles sound relatively feasible to clear, feel free to head over to the USAJOBS page to fire off an application by April 6.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2024
And this year, Wes Anderson fired off a volley of stylish and offbeat shorts for Netflix NFLX +2.4%, all built around writer Roald Dahl’s dark fables.
—David Bloom, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
Actress and talk show host Joy Behar regularly fires off political jokes (and warnings about the dangers of World War III) on weekday mornings at The View's Hot Topics table, but her signature brand of comedy could've found a different home on late-night airwaves if fate hadn't intervened.
—EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Fire off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20off. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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