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Meanings of reel off in English
Spanish
descarrilar Synonyms
Examples for "unreel"
Examples for "unreel"
1
Forward, he thought, and the film of memory began to unreel.
2
And with that thought, his life started to unreel before him.
3
Hold 'em here, and we'll unreel the hose when we back the engine!
4
Every man dropped the line he had begun to unreel.
5
The colored man was beginning to unreel a line.
Usage of reel off in English
1
Don took the reel off the recorder, said, Don't say anything now.
2
You should have heard him reel off your praises by the yard.
3
We could reel off the names of another few dozen hurling heroes.
4
Now be quiet, while I reel off my physiological lecture to you.
5
And what a fund of anecdote and adventure he could reel off!
6
He began to reel off the literary and journalistic projects he was juggling.
7
She could reel off dates and names like a memory bank.'
8
They opened their identical little notebooks and began to reel off the details.
9
The Pistons proceeded to reel off the next nine points.
10
All that was easy enough to reel off in answer to the Squire's inquiries.
11
He could reel off most anything you can think on.
12
No wonder she can reel off statistics as she does.
13
I gave up, and let him reel off for me the names of acceptable matches.
14
Any citizen could reel off a few reasons why.
15
The ticker does not reel off the changing values.
16
It's an old forecastle yarn, my man, that you can't reel off in the cabin.
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Reel off through the time
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United Kingdom
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