English-French translations for fire off

• partir

Definition of fire off

• To perform a task rapidly, often unexpectedly
• To discharge from a firearm

Examples

• No sooner had I replied to his first question, than he fired off another one.
• When I had read the article, I immediately fired off a letter to the editor.
• The nervous soldier fired off a few more rounds into the darkness.

Related words

• the smoke of a man's own house is better than the fire of another
• fireproof
• cofired
• baptism of fire
• rate of fire
• line of fire
• pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire
• out of the frying pan, into the fire
• Ring of Fire