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rattle off |
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rattle something off and reel something off to recite something quickly and accurately. She can really reel song lyrics off. Listen to Mary rattle off those numbers. See also: rattle rattle off something also rattle something off to say something quickly She rattled something off in French that I didn't understand. Related vocabulary: reel off somethingUsage notes: often used when someone gives a list of facts or other related information from memory: Walter could rattle off the statistics of players from the 1920s and ’30s. See also: rattle How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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And I was a civil, pious boy, and could rattle off my catechism that fast, as you couldn't tell one word from another. Buck said she could rattle off poetry like nothing. She hurried from the room as impulsively as she had entered, and we heard the wheels of her carriage rattle off down the street. |
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