Verb
(colloquial) To leave quickly
I have to shoot off, my interview starts in under an hour.
(idiomatic) To do (something, usually a written or verbal communication) quickly, and without hesitation or forethought.
(television) To overshoot the bounds of a set when filming, showing part of what lies outside it.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, off.
His arm got shot off in the war.
I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket. Sylvia Plath