reel sth off
— phrasal verb with reel uk/rɪəl/us/rɪəl/verb [ I ]
(LIST)
informal to say a long list of things quickly and without stopping:
The old man reeled off the names of his 22 grandchildren.
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Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- hold the floor idiom
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- rabbit on
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- undertone
- waffle
- whisper
- yap
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(SPORT)
US informal to win several games or points one after the other in a sports competition
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Winning, losing & scoring in sport
- against the run of play idiom
- close-run
- do the double over sb idiom
- drubbing
- game changer
- game-changing
- give sth away
- hold
- lead 1
- pip
- pummel
- retire
- run away with sth
- sink
- square
- strike gold idiom
- varsity
- walkover
- win
- won
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Winning and defeating