rhyme off

rhyme off

To quickly articulate a litany of things or recite the items of a list. When asked if we had any baby names in mind, Sarah started rhyming them off one after the other. I then rhymed off a list of things that needed to be changed or improved if the company wished to survive.
See also: off, rhyme
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • cocoa
  • I should cocoa
  • I should cocoa!
  • Malone
  • be on (one's) Pat Malone
  • have a Captain Cook
  • brassic
  • on (one's) Pat Malone
  • donkey's ears
  • bag of fruit
References in periodicals archive
"You can weigh up your achievements, but from a reserve team point of view you look at the likes of Caolan Loughran, Leroy Millar, Kofi Balmer, all guys who are playing regular first team football and I could rhyme off more names of guys who've come through - Matthew Shevlin, Fra Nolan as well - guys who are making it and who, for five years, I've been the guy guiding them," he said.
WHEN I was a student, I was fascinated by the film Pretty Woman and could rhyme off enough of the script to save you the price of the DVD.
The Londoner does like to remind people he has form for giving kids their chance and to be fair, can rhyme off a few decent names.
The Londoner does like to remind people that he has form for giving kids their chance and to be fair can rhyme off a few decent names.
We are familiar with the rash, but, hand on heart, could we rhyme off the other symptoms and what to do if they become apparent?
This was the man who, among his many party pieces, could name all 12 actors from the movie 'Twelve Angry Men' and rhyme off the names of the characters they played.
We can all rhyme off many ways in which our planet is being assaulted.
Patrick De Rocher's moving "What You All Say My Joe Did Is So Terrible"; the crowd scene outside the courthouse with both the victims' and inmate's parents singing "You Don't Know What It's Like to Bury a Child"; the lighthearted scene in which Sister Helen tells De Rocher that she saw Elvis perform when she was a girl, while the two rhyme off and sing their favorite songs by the King and the orchestra briefly breaks into a rock-and-roll riff; and the tense execution scene, where we hear only the injection machinery and a pulsing tone to represent De Rocher's heartbeat, ending with silence and a long tone.
Fedeli fearlessly forecasts 2008 will be "incredibly robust" with about $50 million in permitted projects already in the pipeline that the popular two-term mayor can rhyme off the top of his head.
And where once Moet and Chandon was the only household name, now anyone who has ever listened to a hip-hop record can rhyme off at least half a dozen marques from Cristal to Veuve Clicquot.
To make matters worse, she then started to rhyme off family names, such as Francis - while I tried desperately to sign the contracts as quickly as possible."
Using his meticulous records, he can rhyme off the days and places he has stayed over the years.
We can quote daily stock prices, rhyme off the major world indices and recite the best financial sites on the Web.
It was time to rhyme off all the famous women in history we might have heard of, and add to the list the names of women who deserve to be famous, but whose efforts and accomplishments were swept aside, ignored, or forgotten.
To which the invariable reply is, "What is there?" I'll gladly fund a stunt double to stand there and rhyme off the complete contents of the fridge, freezer and every cupboard in the kitchen.