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Gave out rapidly as the drunk did? (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reeled off

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'gave' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'out rapidly as the drunk did?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'out' could be 'off' (I've seen this before) and 'off' is present in the answer.
'did?' could be 'led' (leading is a kind of doing) and 'led' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ree' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for reeled off that I've seen before include "danced away" , "Quickly recited" , "was able to recite fluently" , "Recited fluently" , "Uttered fluently" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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