rattle off
phrasal verb
rattled off; rattling off; rattles off
informal
: to say (something) quickly or easily from memory
She rattled off the names of all 50 states.
Examples of rattle off in a Sentence
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Young kids are kidnapped and groomed to be killers, according to Armes, who rattled off names of several infamous Mexican female assassins, like Claudia Ochoa Felix, known as the Kim Kardashian of Mexican cartels.
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Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 14 May 2024
Finigan rattled off a list of ingredients sourced from the immediate vicinity—lobsters caught by her husband; scallops raised by Marsden and Bob Brewer, a father-son team in Stonington; and peas from Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch's Four Season Farm.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
Its subjects rattle off a dizzying array of subcategories, from HBCU Twitter to NBA Twitter to Blackademic Twitter, and so forth.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The 17-year-old, composed and well prepared, rattled off data about the need for youth involvement in civic decision-making.
—Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
The documents rattled off a number of seedy stories that would have been right at home in a venerable supermarket tabloid, had they actually been published.
—Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Taking a breath, Weingarten rattled off a summary of the different testing requirements in place at every Ivy League school.
—Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
Palisades scored the first five points, but King/Drew rattled off the next nine.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
After rattling off 23 consecutive regular-season wins (21 by double figures) and maintaining an unbeaten conference record, Gonzaga will look to erase the memory of that Portland loss.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 23 Mar. 2024
Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 14 May 2024
Finigan rattled off a list of ingredients sourced from the immediate vicinity—lobsters caught by her husband; scallops raised by Marsden and Bob Brewer, a father-son team in Stonington; and peas from Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch's Four Season Farm.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
Its subjects rattle off a dizzying array of subcategories, from HBCU Twitter to NBA Twitter to Blackademic Twitter, and so forth.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The 17-year-old, composed and well prepared, rattled off data about the need for youth involvement in civic decision-making.
—Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
The documents rattled off a number of seedy stories that would have been right at home in a venerable supermarket tabloid, had they actually been published.
—Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Taking a breath, Weingarten rattled off a summary of the different testing requirements in place at every Ivy League school.
—Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
Palisades scored the first five points, but King/Drew rattled off the next nine.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
After rattling off 23 consecutive regular-season wins (21 by double figures) and maintaining an unbeaten conference record, Gonzaga will look to erase the memory of that Portland loss.
—Staff and News Service Reports, Orange County Register, 23 Mar. 2024
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