shoot off
verb1
Colloquial To leave quickly.
- I have to shoot off: my interview starts in under an hour.
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
Broadcasting, Media, Television 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:
- Derived terms
- shoot off at the mouth, shoot off one's mouth