fire off

verb

fired off; firing off; fires off

transitive verb

: to write and send usually in haste or anger

fired off a memo

Examples of fire off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Trying to land a job while up against tens of thousands of competitors, Gen Zers may be tempted to fire off as many resumes as humanly possible. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

Her pass found Nina Nijstad, who fired off a curling shot past Cosette Morché to put the visitors up 1-0. — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

The 27-year-old pre-training researcher’s dramatic resignation has fired off a provocative warning on X that instantly sent ripples across the tech sector. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Coleman fired off the line of scrimmage, running a wheel route when quarterback Cam Miller floated the ball his way. — Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fire off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff