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reel off
verb
- tr, adverb to recite or write fluently and without apparent effort
to reel off items on a list
Idioms and Phrases
see rattle off .Example Sentences
Ostapenko raced to victory in emphatic style by reeling off five games in a row.
Lamens did not look back, reeling off three games in a row to complete victory.
Boulter forced a decider and barely looked back, reeling off 10 of the last 11 games and dictating the play with her impressive forehand.
Cross was two away from his own nine-darter in the second leg of his tie against Aspinall, who reeled off four in succession to triumph 6-2 for an eighth successive win over his fellow Englishman.
Bunting, nicknamed 'Bullet', reeled off the next three legs and even though Aspinall remained in touch he was unable to wrestle back the momentum.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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