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goes off at score

goes off at score is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go off at score.

Meaning of go off at score

Verb

go 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)

  1. (idiomatic) To break suddenly into a gallop.
  2. (idiomatic) To suddenly say or do something impetuous.
    • 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.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Three and-an Extra”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 12

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What is goes off at score the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes off at score is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go off at score.

Words near goes off at score in the dictionary

  1. goes nuts
  2. goes off
  3. goes off at a tangent
  4. goes off at half cock
  5. goes off at halfcock
  6. goes off at score
  7. goes off half-cocked
  8. goes off into the weeds
  9. goes off on a tangent
  10. goes off on one
  11. goes off the boil

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