shoot off

Example Sentences

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"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

Davis was forced to shoot off of one knee from 19 feet away to end another.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 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

“Why would anybody want to write something on you jerks anyway? So you shoot off rockets, so what?”

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam