reel off
verb
reeled off; reeling off; reels off
1
: to tell or recite readily and usually at length
reel off a few jokes to break the ice
2
: to chalk up usually as a series
Examples of reel off in a Sentence
he's able to reel off the names of all the U.S. presidents, in historical order and without pausing
her friend proceeded to reel off the roster of losers that she had dated over the years
Recent Examples on the Web
The Giants have lost six games in a row while the Patriots have reeled off nine straight wins.
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
In what has to be one of the stranger games in Cowboys history, Dallas took a 14-3 lead early in the second quarter before Washington reeled off 32 straight points to take a 35-14 lead entering the fourth quarter at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium in Landover, Maryland.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Nov. 2025
Many of my co-workers had previously worked at the Boeing aircraft company and reeled off rollicking facts about how during the steep, screaming plunge before a jetliner crash the passengers’ internal organs will actually begin to liquify.
—Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
The Bulldogs lost their season opener at Kansas, then reeled off five straight victories.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
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Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
In what has to be one of the stranger games in Cowboys history, Dallas took a 14-3 lead early in the second quarter before Washington reeled off 32 straight points to take a 35-14 lead entering the fourth quarter at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium in Landover, Maryland.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Nov. 2025
Many of my co-workers had previously worked at the Boeing aircraft company and reeled off rollicking facts about how during the steep, screaming plunge before a jetliner crash the passengers’ internal organs will actually begin to liquify.
—Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
The Bulldogs lost their season opener at Kansas, then reeled off five straight victories.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Reel off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reel%20off. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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