rhyme off
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rhyme off (third-person singular simple present rhymes off, present participle rhyming off, simple past and past participle rhymed off)
- (chiefly Canada, idiomatic, transitive) To list or recite quickly.
- 1944 January 8, “Talk of the Town”, in Toronto Daily Star, Canada, page 11:
- Say, that was quite a list of expenses Heffering rhymed off.
- 1977 September 1, “Businessmen get involved with Riverdale students”, in North Shore News, Canada, retrieved 24 July 2009, page 15:
- However, she rhymed off a list of high achievers and well-known personalities who were known to suffer from learning disabilities.
- 2008 January 4, Jane Armstrong, “Is life any better in Georgia, ‘beacon of democracy’?”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 24 July 2009:
- Sitting in an armchair beside a blazing fire in a community centre, Mr. Saakashvili rhymed off a list of his government's accomplishments.
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list or recite quickly
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