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fires off

fires off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 fires off

What is fires off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fires off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fire off.

Words near fires off in the dictionary

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

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