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fire off
Idioms and Phrases
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 鈥渄ischarge a weapon or ammunition,鈥 as in The police were instructed to fire off canisters of tear gas . The figurative use dates from the late 1800s.Example Sentences
He said it was likely airports in Spain and Portugal have independent power supplies, "which will see big diesel generators which fire off when it senses no power from its usual grid supply".
A British tourist has been reported missing in Thailand after a boat caught fire off the coast of the island of Koh Tao.
Maybe he'll find the fire off the bench.
Mourners flinch and duck for cover when his comrades fire off a gun salute.
In 2019, a dive boat caught fire off Santa Cruz Island, killing 34 people in the deadliest maritime disaster in modern California history.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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