rush off

verb

To leave in a hurry.

“I rushed off a letter, warning them that I would be arriving the next day.”

Similar
rush away

Meanings

verbrush off (third-person singular simple present rushes off, present participle rushing off, simple past and past participle rushed off)

present singular third person rushes off · participle present rushing off · participle past rushed off · past rushed off

  1. intransitiveTo leave in a hurry.
  2. transitiveTo produce in great haste.

    I rushed off a letter, warning them that I would be arriving the next day.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbdepart in a hurry

Similar
rush away

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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