shoot off

Meaning

1. 1

   informal

   to leave very quickly

   I had to shoot off at the end of the meeting.

2. 2

   shoot sth offAmerican

   to light fireworks and make them go off

In the movies · 12

• But you see, I got a gammy leg-- oh, dear. Gone. Shot off.Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
• Say Jake Cahill gets shot off his horse.Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood2019
• Well you re shooting off a slightly cunty vibe right nowThe Interview2014
• Don't shoot off your back foot.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse2018
• "We shoot off our wad in fifty minutes.Miracle Mile1989
• Shoot him off. Shoot to kill.Local Hero1983
• He's got to fight to breathe. His asthma can shoot off the charts.As Good as It Gets1997
• Jake's shooting off his pistol like a fool.Lonesome Dove1989

Learn it in full scenes

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964
  • Major Kong's Pep Talk
  • General Turgidson Dodges Calls
  • Mandrake Confronts General Ripper

From the same entry

• be shot of
• have shot your bolt
• be like shooting fish in a barrel
• shoot the breeze
• shoot from the hip
• shoot yourself in the foot
• shoot it out
• shoot the messenger
• shoot your mouth off
• shoot the rapids
• shoot down
• shoot for