rush off by herself.

[tufguy]

Mr. R – drove to Long Island with his wife to visit some of her relatives. She left him to chat with an old aunt of hers and then rushed off by herself to visit some of the younger relatives.


What does "rush off by herself" mean? Does it mean "she rushed to meet her relatives in a heist by herself"? It is a part of a paragraph that I read on "good read" online written by Dale Carnegie.

 

[Tarheel]

She went alone to visit those people. Nobody accompanied her.

@tufguy Are you totally serious?

 

[emsr2d2]

What part of that excerpt could possibly have led you to think there was a heist (robbery) involved?

 

[tedmc]

I think he meant "haste". The word is too different to have been misspelt.

 

[emsr2d2]

I think he meant "haste".

Possibly, but I'd really like to hear back from @tufguy.

The word is too different to have been misspelt.

That's the problem. The words are so different that I don't think a misspelling explains it.

 

[tufguy]

Possibly, but I'd really like to hear back from @tufguy.

That's the problem. The words are so different that I don't think a misspelling explains it.

temdc is correct I wanted to write haste not heist.

 

[teechar]

@tufguy did you actually bother to look up "rush off" in www.onelook.com?

 

[emsr2d2]

temdc is correct. I wanted to write "haste" not "heist".

 

[Tarheel]

temdc is correct I wanted to write haste not heist.

Did you read that before you posted it?

How can you get the two mixed up?

 

[tufguy]

Did you read that before you posted it?

How can you get the two mixed up?

I got confused. I apologise.

 

[teechar]

@tufguy please answer the question I asked you in post #7.

 

[tufguy]

@tufguy did you actually bother to look up "rush off" in www.onelook.com?

I knew the meaning but I was confused about "herself" although I knew it but wasn't sure. I searched for this kind of formation on Google but to no avail then I approached you people.

 

[teechar]

If your question was about "(by) herself", then how did you actually use that very phrase in your own interpretation subsequently?

Does it mean "she rushed to meet her relatives in a heist by herself"?

 

[tufguy]

If your question was about "(by) herself", then how did you actually use that very phrase in your own interpretation subsequently?

I asked that for clarification. I didn't use that. I asked you whether my interpretation was correct or not.

 

[emsr2d2]

What does "rush off by herself" mean?

She left quickly, alone.
I think you already knew what "by herself" means, so it seems you didn't understand "rush off". It's a phrasal verb. There's a very helpful phrasal verb list on the forum and it appears there. Here's what it says.

 

[Tarheel]

Maybe it's just me, but that one seems pretty much self-explanatory.

 

[teechar]

Maybe it's just me, but that one seems pretty much self-explanatory.

No. It's not just you, @Tarheel !