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

In one interview, police brought him back to the home and filmed him recreating the scene, mimicking grabbing his gun, finding Causse, firing off the shots that killed Miller in the hallway, and then calling 9-1-1. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026

Some 1,600 miles away in Kansas City, the quarterback who had played in the past three Super Bowls pulled out his phone and fired off a text to his general manager. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Trying to land a job while up against tens of thousands of competitors, Gen Zers may be tempted to fire off as many resumes as humanly possible. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026

Her pass found Nina Nijstad, who fired off a curling shot past Cosette Morché to put the visitors up 1-0. — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 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