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went off at score

went off at score is the simple past 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 went off at score

What is went off at score the simple past of?
Went off at score is the simple past of go off at score.

Words near went off at score in the dictionary

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

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