fire off

verb

fired off; firing off; fires off

: 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 Not all matter that gets near a supermassive black hole is sucked in – some is warped and twisted by the incredible gravity, accelerated and fired off at near light-speed in jets from both poles at once. —

New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024 So this is much different than the last assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania when the shooter had a clear line of sight to the former president, was able to fire off about eight rounds and hit Trump in the ear. —

Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024 Three or four times, by my count, the moderators have failed to stop Trump from speaking out of turn, and he’s used those extra minutes to fire off barrages of his long-standing charges against Harris and the Biden administration. —

Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024 Expect your social calendar to fill up quite quickly and the group chat to be firing off nonstop! —

Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fire off

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