go off at score
English
Verb
- (idiomatic) Of a horse, to break suddenly into a gallop; of a person, suddenly to say or do something impetuous.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Three and—an Extra’, Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2005, p. 12)
- Bremmil went off at score after the baby's death and the general discomfort that followed, and Mrs Hauksbee annexed him.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Three and—an Extra’, Plain Tales from the Hills (Folio Society 2005, p. 12)
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