go off at score

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