rush off

VERB

scamper

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bolt dart hurry romp scoot scurry scuttle skip sprint trot zip

STRONG

flee fly hasten hie race shoot skedaddle speed tear whip

WEAK

light out make off speed away

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dawdle slow wait walk

STRONG

face stay

WEAK

stroll

VERB

send

Synonyms

STRONGEST

address assign circulate commit deliver dispatch drop express fire forward grant issue post relay ship shoot

STRONG

accelerate advance broadcast cast commission communicate consign convey delegate detail direct emit expedite fling freight hasten hurl impart mail propel radiate remit route televise troll wire

WEAK

get under way give off hurry off let fly put out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease hold keep retain stop withhold

STRONG

conceal gather halt hide hinder keep quiet receive refrain suppress take unsend

Example Sentences

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Now we have plenty of time to share our city with visitors rather than leaving them on their own while we rush off for work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Jim Nantz covered the Farmers Insurance Open remotely last weekend as he prepared to rush off to Vegas to cover another Super Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Zadina added an insurance goal early in the third when he scored on a 2-on-1 rush off a pass from Nico Sturm.

From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2023

If the space race in the 1960s was solely about geopolitics, the latest rush off Earth is, at least at times, about something slightly more ineffable.

From Scientific American • Oct. 22, 2023

Her voice was a whisper, as if she could startle the water and it would rush off into the denser bush, leaving us behind.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

rush off

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