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

“It’s not like basketball, where you can kind of shoot off the whistle,” Biddeford, Maine, native Dumoulin said, helpfully throwing in a comparison for non-hockey sports fans.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Even though I should know better, I shoot off a quick email to Nathan.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan