rattle off

phrasal verb

rattled off; rattling off; rattles off
informal
: to say (something) quickly or easily from memory
She rattled off the names of all 50 states.

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Josh Allen tossed 163 yards and a touchdown, while star running back James Cook rattled off 216 yards and two touchdowns. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025 Paulsen answered every one of Shanahan’s questions correctly, then rattled off the assignments for the guards and center, too. Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 The Mean Green would rattle off 37 unanswered points in the game’s final 21 minutes, crushing any hopes of a respectable scoreboard. Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025 Then, the Cougars flipped a switch and rattled off 22 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to rally. Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rattle off

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“Rattle off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rattle%20off. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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