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rush off

rush off verb: to leave in a hurry.

Verb

rush off (third-person singular simple present rushes off, present participle rushing off, simple past and past participle rushed off)

  1. (intransitive) To leave in a hurry.
  2. (transitive) To produce in great haste.
    • I rushed off a letter, warning them that I would be arriving the next day.

Forms of rush off

third-person singular presentrushes off
present participlerushing off
past participlerushed off
pastrushed off

Questions about rush off

What does rush off mean?
Rush off means to leave in a hurry.
What part of speech is rush off?
Rush off is a verb.
What is the past tense of rush off?
The past tense of rush off is rushed off.

Words near rush off in the dictionary

  1. rush jobs
  2. rush lilies
  3. rush lily
  4. rush nut
  5. rush nuts
  6. rush off
  7. rush one's fences
  8. rush out
  9. rush ring
  10. rush rings
  11. Rush River

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