shoot off | Idiomator

Meaning: (colloquial)ToleavequicklyI have toshoot off, my interview starts in under an hour.; (idiomatic)To do (something, usually a written or verbal communication)quickly, and withouthesitationorforethought.2020December 21, Bryan Lufkin, “How 'linguistic mirroring' can make you more convincing”, inBBC‎[1]:In other situations, you might know someone who adds colour with personal anecdotes and feelings. You couldshoot offa similar response – perhaps including a short story of your own to hammer home your point.; (television)Toovershoottheboundsof asetwhenfilming, showing part of what lies outside it.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeshoot,‎off.His arm gotshot offin the war.2025July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, inRAIL, number1040, page29:"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 andshoot offin a random direction until they run out of battery.

Examples:

EN: Now, it's all off 'cause Henry had to go shoot off his mouth!
ES: ¡Ahora, todo se fue al carajo porque Henry tuvo que abrir la boca!
EN: He can shoot off all he likes about Roberts, but leave the rest of us out of it.
ES: Puede meterse con Roberts todo lo que quiera, pero que deje en paz al resto.
EN: Nobody could shoot off one of my guns without me knowin' it.
ES: Nadie puede tirar sin que lo sepa.
EN: Let's hope when we get him up on the target range, he can shoot off a machine gun as well as he can his face.
ES: Pensacola nos ha endosado a un tipo de cuidado. Esperamos que en lo alto, sea tan bueno disparando como lo es con el pico.
EN: Seems he's to shoot off his gun for a signal if everything ain't all right.
ES: Tiene que tantear el terreno y disparar si algo no va bien.
EN: Nobody's going to hear of this story unless you... You shoot off your big mouth.
ES: ¡Nadie tiene porqué enterarse de nada si Ud. sabe tener su bocaza cerrada!
EN: Nobody asked him to shoot off his big mouth.
ES: -Nadie le pidió que abriera la boca.
EN: You know. It's cut down on one shoulder, and the coq feathers shoot off one hip like a tail of a comet.
ES: Ya sabes, deja fuera un hombro y las plumas de gallo parecen la cola de un cometa
EN: He would shoot off anything but his mouth.
ES: No dispararía a nada, excepto con la boca.
EN: You know, you could shoot off all their noses with one bullet.
ES: De un solo tiro les arrancaría a todos la nariz.
EN: And Fourth of July, we'll run up a flag and shoot off firecrackers.
ES: El 4 de julio lanzaremos cohetes.
EN: I didn't expect Bobo to shoot off his mouth to the reporters.
ES: Yo no esperaba que Bobo hablara con los reporteros.
EN: We'll shoot off his mouth the minute we get to Gibara.
ES: ¡Se irá de la lengua ya en Gibara!
EN: What asshole lets them shoot off rockets near our houses at this hour!
ES: ¡Quién es el idiota que se dedica a "cohetear" a estas horas!
EN: And nobody wants to hear you shoot off your mouth.
ES: Si nadie quiere escucharla, cállate la boca.

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