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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Statistically, Sunday night was their best performance of the season running the ball, coinciding with what Jacobs said about the running game taking a couple of weeks to get fully in sync and firing off the ball.
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Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Fans fired off multiple expletives toward him throughout the weekend.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Court records show that Sanchez’s friend, Rosalino Salinas, could have fired the bullet that killed Sanchez after attempting to defend himself from Price, who reportedly fired off a stray bullet in an attempt to rob the two victims.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
The rebels, led by Deepak Rauniyar and Binod Paudel, fired off a scathing letter to the Academy demanding a full investigation and threatening to blow up Nepal’s Oscar dreams entirely.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
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Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Fans fired off multiple expletives toward him throughout the weekend.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Court records show that Sanchez’s friend, Rosalino Salinas, could have fired the bullet that killed Sanchez after attempting to defend himself from Price, who reportedly fired off a stray bullet in an attempt to rob the two victims.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
The rebels, led by Deepak Rauniyar and Binod Paudel, fired off a scathing letter to the Academy demanding a full investigation and threatening to blow up Nepal’s Oscar dreams entirely.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Fire off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20off. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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