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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Kimmel repeatedly fired off jokes at Leno’s expense during the 2010 interview.
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 May 2025
Golfing great Phil Mickelson fired off on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on social media Wednesday over the Democratic leader’s criticisms of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
The campaign fired off with a Super Bowl trailer, which became the most-viewed for an MCU title at 365 million.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025
Legislators on both sides of the aisle outraged over drastic cuts to the agency that oversees the World Trade Center Health Program have fired off a letter to President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. demanding the pivotal services be restored.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 May 2025
Golfing great Phil Mickelson fired off on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on social media Wednesday over the Democratic leader’s criticisms of the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
The campaign fired off with a Super Bowl trailer, which became the most-viewed for an MCU title at 365 million.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2025
Legislators on both sides of the aisle outraged over drastic cuts to the agency that oversees the World Trade Center Health Program have fired off a letter to President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. demanding the pivotal services be restored.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Fire off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20off. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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