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gone off at score

gone off at score is the past participle 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

Questions about gone off at score

What is gone off at score the past participle of?
Gone off at score is the past participle of go off at score.

Words near gone off at score in the dictionary

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

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