shoot off

Verb

shoot off (third-person singular simple present shoots off, present participle shooting off, simple past and past participle shot off)

1. (colloquial) To leave quickly.
   • I have to shoot off: my interview starts in under an hour.

   Synonyms:

   shoot

2. (idiomatic) To do (something, usually a written or verbal communication) quickly, and without hesitation or forethought.
   • In other situations, you might know someone who adds colour with personal anecdotes and feelings. You could shoot off a similar response – perhaps including a short story of your own to hammer home your point.2020 December 21, Bryan Lufkin, “How 'linguistic mirroring' can make you more convincing”, in BBC
3. To overshoot the bounds of a set when filming, showing part of what lies outside it.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, off.
   • His arm got shot off in the war.
   • "But the Civil Aviation Authority is very worried about 'flyaway' - if someone has bought a GPS jammer on eBay because they don't want drones near their house, it can cause drones to get completely lost and shoot off in a random direction until they run out of battery.2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 29