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

In response to her second or third attempt, I scream at the top of my lungs and shoot off in search of a safe hiding space.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

Finally the police got so many complaints from his neighbors that they told him he couldn’t shoot off any more rockets in that neighborhood.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins