fire off

Idioms  

1. Say or write and send away rapidly, as in He fired off three more questions, or She fired off a letter of complaint to the president. This expression originally (from about 1700) was, and still is, used in the sense of “discharge a weapon or ammunition,” as in The police were instructed to fire off canisters of tear gas. The figurative use dates from the late 1800s.

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Example Sentences

Laura shared in the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news in 2016 for coverage of the San Bernardino terror attack and was part of a team honored as Pulitzer finalists in 2020 for coverage of a deadly diving boat fire off the California coast.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he did fire off a post accusing the British government of seeking "any excuse" for censorship.

From BBC

She may not be fun, but she does fire off sparks.

From The Wall Street Journal

The BOT can fire off more rate cuts, but it is running out of ammunition.

From The Wall Street Journal

The other player to have achieved the same feat in The Hundred was Steve Eskinazi for Welsh Fire off Southern Brave's Craig Overton in 2023.

From BBC