fire sth off
— phrasal verb with fire uk/faɪər/us/faɪr/verb
(SHOT)
to fire a shot from a gun:
They fired off several shots to frighten us.
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Guns
- cannon
- cannonade
- cannonball
- charge
- cock
- crossfire
- go off
- gunsmith
- kick
- machine gun
- ordnance
- point-blank
- potshot
- shoot
- shooter
- shooting gallery
- shot
- sniper
- snub-nosed
- Taser
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(LETTER)
to write and send an angry letter to someone:
He fired off an angry letter to the editor.
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Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- forward
- funnel
- get sth in
- reroute
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- shipping
- trot
- trot sb out
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