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fired off

fired off is the simple past and past participle of fire off.

Meaning of fire off

Verb

fire off (third-person singular simple present fires off, present participle firing off, simple past and past participle fired off)

  1. (transitive) To perform (a task) rapidly, often unexpectedly.
    • No sooner had I replied to his first question, than he fired off another one.
    Synonyms:
    toss off
  2. (transitive) To discharge from a firearm.
    • The nervous soldier fired off a few more rounds into the darkness.

Questions about fired off

What is fired off the simple past and past participle of?
Fired off is the simple past and past participle of fire off.

Words near fired off in the dictionary

  1. fired
  2. fired away
  3. fired blanks
  4. fired in anger
  5. fired into the sun
  6. fired off
  7. fired on all cylinders
  8. fired out
  9. fired the starting gun
  10. fired up
  11. firedamp

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