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rattle off

verb

  1. say/list things quickly
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Wiktionary

verb

  1. To list or recite quickly.

    When I suggested it, he promptly rattled off a dozen reasons that it wouldn't work.

    When he was 14, he could name all the Bond girls. Can he still? / He rattles off the names, from Honey Ryder to Pussy Galore to Domino to Kissy Suzuki. He said he toyed with the idea of playing James Bond and had a conversation about it at one point, but he asked if it could be a black-and-white period piece set in the ’50s.

  2. To rail at; to scold.

    She that vvould ſometimes rattle off her Servants pretty ſharply, novv if ſhe ſavv them drink, or heard them talk profanely, never took any notice of it.