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

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Following the loss, sports media broadcaster Skip Bayless fired off a reality check take on his X account, saying that the Alabama that everyone knew under former head coach Nick Saban is gone and that his successor's job could be in jeopardy. Eduardo Razo, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Aug. 2025 In the days following the outbreak of the fire, messages continued firing off in a community WhatsApp group updating fellow neighbors on the status of their homes and brainstorming ways to help. Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Everybody gets at least a few zingers to fire off. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025 On Wednesday, the day after Robinhood filed its lawsuits, the Wisconsin Ho-Chunk Nation fired off one of its own, seeking to block Robinhood from offering the product on its land. Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fire off

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fire off was in 1888

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“Fire off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20off. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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