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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The greatest tornado potential is centered on Sunday over Kansas, where strong storms are expected to begin firing off around noon local time on Sunday, ahead of the severe weather developing later in the afternoon.
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Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Secret Service and other lawyer enforcement fired off their guns too, and Allen was quickly brought down alive.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
The Venezuelan forward Kelsy cut from right to left, sending a bearing-down McVey to the turf as Kelsy fired off a shot Ferree had no hope of stopping.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
In a back room, the director, a wiry man in his forties, fired off notes into a headset in Mandarin.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
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Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Secret Service and other lawyer enforcement fired off their guns too, and Allen was quickly brought down alive.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
The Venezuelan forward Kelsy cut from right to left, sending a bearing-down McVey to the turf as Kelsy fired off a shot Ferree had no hope of stopping.
—Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
In a back room, the director, a wiry man in his forties, fired off notes into a headset in Mandarin.
—Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Fire off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fire%20off. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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