fire off
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]fire off (third-person singular simple present fires off, present participle firing off, simple past and past participle fired off)
- (transitive) To perform a task rapidly, often unexpectedly.
- No sooner had I replied to his first question, than he fired off another one.
- When I had read the article, I immediately fired off a letter to the editor.
- (transitive) To discharge from a firearm.
- The nervous soldier fired off a few more rounds into the darkness.
Translations
[edit]To perform a task rapidly