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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Trimboli rattled off some questions the study would aim to answer.
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2025
If Paulson's meltdown about Merrick Garland wasn't cringey enough, Peters coating his face in Cheeto dust and rattling off the President's worst one-liners sure was.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
At a banquet on select delicacies of Anhui cuisine—renowned for the unique flavors of its wild local ingredients—Qin Junfeng, director-general of the Anhui Foreign Affairs Office, rattled off the latest impressive digital development statistics to a couple of dozen guests around the giant table.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Toronto rattled off 12 hits and eight runs to topple the Royals.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2025
If Paulson's meltdown about Merrick Garland wasn't cringey enough, Peters coating his face in Cheeto dust and rattling off the President's worst one-liners sure was.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
At a banquet on select delicacies of Anhui cuisine—renowned for the unique flavors of its wild local ingredients—Qin Junfeng, director-general of the Anhui Foreign Affairs Office, rattled off the latest impressive digital development statistics to a couple of dozen guests around the giant table.
—Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Toronto rattled off 12 hits and eight runs to topple the Royals.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Rattle off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rattle%20off. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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