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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Fans fired off multiple expletives toward him throughout the weekend.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 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
In a startling image, a pregnant Perfidia fires off rounds with a machine-gun butt pressed against her swollen belly.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
At one point, video appears to show the shop’s front doors lock the robbers inside, before one of them fires off several shots through the glass, allowing the group to escape to getaway cars parked in the lot’s valet area.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 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
In a startling image, a pregnant Perfidia fires off rounds with a machine-gun butt pressed against her swollen belly.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
At one point, video appears to show the shop’s front doors lock the robbers inside, before one of them fires off several shots through the glass, allowing the group to escape to getaway cars parked in the lot’s valet area.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Fire off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20off. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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