shoot off
Example Sentences
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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
"Otherwise he was going to shoot off and I'd be left with an open door, and couldn't shut it."
From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026
Meanwhile, students are applying “to hundreds and hundreds of jobs. They just shoot off application after application,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
"I hope he doesn't know about the existence of Comstock, because I just don't want him to shoot off his mouth," the lawyer added of Trump.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2024
“Why would anybody want to write something on you jerks anyway? So you shoot off rockets, so what?”
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
