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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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.
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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
Police and firefighters responded to a large boat that caught fire off the Lower Florida Keys on Friday afternoon.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
Nearby cannons fired off a seemingly never-ending stream of red-and-gold confetti, rains of gratification pouring down on Forbes, a grad transfer from Harvard who’d seen about all there was to see in college basketball.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2024
Wilcox and Graves described it in interviews as a flippant comment, fired off in the heat of the moment.
—Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fired off fierce, derisive rhetoric against South Korea in a key ruling party meeting at the end of December.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
And Burt fires off a text to Padres broadcaster Mark Grant.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
An officer on the scene fired off a single shot, the release said.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2024
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
Police and firefighters responded to a large boat that caught fire off the Lower Florida Keys on Friday afternoon.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
Nearby cannons fired off a seemingly never-ending stream of red-and-gold confetti, rains of gratification pouring down on Forbes, a grad transfer from Harvard who’d seen about all there was to see in college basketball.
—Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2024
Wilcox and Graves described it in interviews as a flippant comment, fired off in the heat of the moment.
—Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 18 Jan. 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fired off fierce, derisive rhetoric against South Korea in a key ruling party meeting at the end of December.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
And Burt fires off a text to Padres broadcaster Mark Grant.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
An officer on the scene fired off a single shot, the release said.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2024
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