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
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
And Mr Mitchell, who has represented Mr Trump in the past, reportedly said he hoped the former president didn't know about Comstock either "because I just don't want him to shoot off his mouth".
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024
"I hope he doesn't know about the existence of Comstock, because I just don't want him to shoot off his mouth," the lawyer added of Trump.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2024
Even if the capsule were to shoot off into the air directly overhead and come back down in the same straight line, it would land in a different spot, because Earth had moved.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
