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reel off

See: RATTLE OFF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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rattle off

[rattle off] or [reel off] {v.} To say quickly without having to stop to think; recite easily and rapidly. * /When Roger was seven he could rattle off the names […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[rattle one's saber] {v. phr.} To threaten another government or country without subsequent acts of war. * /It is considered an act of demagoguery on the part of politicians to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[rattle] See: [SABRE RAITLING]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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