speed off

speed off

To leave or depart very quickly or hastily, especially by driving. The criminals sped off just before the police arrived. He sped off when he heard the teachers approaching.
See also: off, speed
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

speed off

v.
To leave or drive off rapidly: She hopped in her car and sped off. The ambulance sped off to the hospital.
See also: off, speed
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • (I've) got to take off
  • blast off for (somewhere)
  • blast off for somewhere
  • breeze off
  • (Now) where was I?
  • be off with you
  • be off for (something)
  • be off for sth
  • be well off for (something)
  • be well off for something
References in periodicals archive
Witnesses heard the van screech to a halt at around 11am on Monday and saw the abductors overpower their victim and speed off.
I know Paul is a favourite among a great many fans, because of his speed off the mark and eye for the tryline.
She is liaising with the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorism branch after reporting seeing a motorcyclist speed off minutes before the bombs exploded.
A WOMAN has told how she saw river-death mum Kelly Toye speed off moments before she died with her two children.
She is liasing with the Metropolitan Police anti-terrorism branch after reporting seeing a motorcyclist speed off minutes before the bombs exploded.
DC Jim Hendrick, of Govan CID, said: "I would like anyone who witnessed the attack, or saw the car speed off, to get in touch."
Witnesses say they heard shots before a brown Volvo car speed off from a house on Cooke Street off the Ormeau Road in Belfast.