Definition of Rush off

1. Verb. Depart in a hurry.

Exact synonyms: Rush Away
Generic synonyms: Go Away, Go Forth, Leave

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rush Off

ruse
ruses
rush
rush'd
rush(a)
rush-hour
rush along
rush aster
rush away
rush candle
rush family
rush hour
rush nut
rush off (current term)
rush out
rush rose
rushbuckler
rushbucklers
rushed
rushed behind
rushed behinds
rushedly
rushee
rushees
rushen
rusher
rushers
rushes

Literary usage of Rush off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the (1874)
"... bound to rush off at once and take tho cheque which he received from the defendant to his bankers, who were the Branch Bank of England at the West End, ..."

2. Theatrical Management in the West and South for Thirty Years by Solomon Smith (1868)
"... and (like all aspirants), as he desired more particularly to make that his line of business, it was necessary that he should learn to rush off. ..."

3. In Dwarf Land and Cannibal Country: A Record of Travel and Discovery in by Albert Bushnell Lloyd, John H. Kennaway (1907)
"... and they will jump up and down, waving their awful knives above their heads, and then they rush off into the wood thirsting for human blood. ..."

4. The Musical World (1875)
"I try several men. Some said they thought that / always had a Stall, and were coming to ask me. Thursday morning.—I rush off to the Theatre. No Stalls. ..."

5. Elements of Natural Philosophy: Being and Experimental Introduction to the by Golding Bird (1848)
"Thus, considering the circle to be composed of an infinity of planes, the ball will tend to follow the direction of one of these planes, and rush off at a ..."

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