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

Recent Examples on the Web

The gunman seen in the video — wearing a white T-shirt, black shorts, a backwards black baseball cap, white socks and black slides — fired off multiple rounds toward the group before fleeing the scene. — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026

Watching her in Congress is like scrolling through the Facebook feed of the auntie who fires off unhinged political rants. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Lewis Hamilton would have been justified in firing off a few expletives himself. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026

Anyone who’s sat next to a kid (or an inquisitive adult) firing off nonstop questions knows how quickly focus disappears. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fire off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff