shoot off
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I also connected my personal Gmail account with “read only” access: It could see emails but couldn’t delete them or shoot off embarrassing notes to my entire address book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
O’Connell, the trade economist, said California’s defense industry will benefit “to the extent we’ve managed to shoot off a large part of our inventory of our arsenal, and we’ll need to replenish that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
“It’s not like basketball, where you can kind of shoot off the whistle,” Biddeford, Maine, native Dumoulin said, helpfully throwing in a comparison for non-hockey sports fans.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
And Mr Mitchell, who has represented Mr Trump in the past, reportedly said he hoped the former president didn't know about Comstock either "because I just don't want him to shoot off his mouth".
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024
They shoot off the cannons in Reverend Hunt’s honor; a great man has gone to his reward in heaven.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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