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(phrasal verb) to leave quickly on a bicycle, motorcycle, car, or other form of transportation

Example Sentence:

The bank robbers sped off when the police arrived.

My son’s friends are always speeding off when I come home. I wonder what they’re up to.

Similar idioms:

  1. take off
  2. bulletproof
  3. stop in
  4. stop by
  5. get around
  6. fly off the handle
  7. hop in
  8. call one’s dogs off
  9. leave someone high and dry
  10. show-off

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