reel off
Example Sentences
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Everyone has an era in which they can reel off the details of every final - those childhood-turned-teenage years when the kits, colours, goalscorers and captains traipsing Wembley's steep steps are etched in the memory.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
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
Ekitike is a player Howe knows well and, without blinking, he can reel off a concise scouting report: really good movement, intelligent, good in the air, scores goals off both feet.
From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025
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
