fire off
verb
fired off; firing off; fires off
: to write and send usually in haste or anger
fired off a memo
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Police said Carter and Young both fired off several rounds at the teen in a case of mistaken identity.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
In firing off nuclear threats, Putin is burnishing his role as a master of deception.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
And earlier this year, a customer inside a crowded Florida gun show was shot in the foot when another man unwittingly fired off a live round.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline Hutchins was killed, and director Souza was injured, on October 21, 2021 after the Colt .45 Baldwin was pointing at the cinematographer fired off a live round during a rehearsal on Rust.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 Dec. 2024
In firing off nuclear threats, Putin is burnishing his role as a master of deception.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
And earlier this year, a customer inside a crowded Florida gun show was shot in the foot when another man unwittingly fired off a live round.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline Hutchins was killed, and director Souza was injured, on October 21, 2021 after the Colt .45 Baldwin was pointing at the cinematographer fired off a live round during a rehearsal on Rust.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Fire off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20off. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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