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reel off

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to recite or write fluently and without apparent effort

    to reel off items on a list

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

reel off Idioms  
  1. see rattle off.


Example Sentences

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But what makes her so devastating is the sheer volume of 3-pointers she can reel off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

I can easily reel off the losses that stuck with me in the Six Nations, as they can take you to a really dark place at times.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Could you reel off a list of four?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

Spokesmen now reel off some statistics—she has visited 21 countries on 17 foreign trips, met with more than 150 leaders, and led the U.S. delegation at three Munich Security Conferences—but this doesn’t mean much.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2024

I am supposed to do it this way, precisely but fast, checking off the day hour by hour the way a bright-eyed kid might reel off what he just got for Christmas.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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