bustle off

bustle off

1. To leave a place hastily. A: "I didn't see Alice this morning. B: "Oh, she bustled off because she was running late."
2. To send someone somewhere. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "bustle" and "off." Before I left for the airport, I bustled my daughter off to school.
See also: bustle, off
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bustle someone off

to help someone leave; to send someone out or away. The cops bustled the crook off. They bustled off the three men who were fighting.
See also: bustle, off

bustle off

to leave in haste. Well, I have to bustle off or I'll miss my flight. I hate to bustle off so soon.
See also: bustle, off
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a mystery to (one)
  • appear to
  • a change of heart
  • (one) can whistle for it
  • a yellow streak
  • be badly off
  • be in low spirits
  • a turn of phrase
  • a hidden agenda
  • able to do it
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