firing off
Shooting out quickly
Firing off means sending or dispatching something rapidly, often with little deliberation: She fired off an angry email before she had time to think.
The phrase suggests speed and sometimes impulsiveness—bullets leave a gun quickly, and messages fired off leave just as fast.
You fire off questions, complaints, tweets, or responses in quick succession.
- shotQuick liquor serving
- warning shotIntentionally missed shot conveying threat
- blastingExplosive material removal
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- impulsivelyWithout prior deliberation
bang · projectile · discharge · gun · trigger happy · knee-jerk · venting · hot take · blurting · volley · salvo · spamming · angry email · quick reply · email · explosive · hastily · message
- fast talkingmotormouthing, patter
firing offdeliberating
Carefully thinking before deciding
crafting · mulling over · taking one's time · sleeping on it · polishing
firing offholding back
Preventing forward movement
withholding · sitting on · biting one's tongue · suppressing · keeping to oneself
off, fire, fired, firing, fires, firearm, fireball, firebrand, firefly