go off at score
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editgo off at score (third-person singular simple present goes off at score, present participle going off at score, simple past went off at score, past participle gone off at score)
- (idiomatic, of a horse) To break suddenly into a gallop.
- (idiomatic) To suddenly say or do something impetuous.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Three and-an Extra”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 12:
- Bremmil went off at score after the baby's death and the general discomfort that followed, and Mrs Hauksbee annexed him. She took no pleasure in hiding her captives.