off like a shot

away [from a place] very quickly. He finished his dinner and was off like a shot. The thief grabbed the lady's purse and was off like a shot.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
GÜLay	-	Turkish
Anaxagoras	-	Ancient Greek
Gualberto	-	Portuguese
Batel	baht-EL	Hebrew
Eleonora	e-le-o-NO-rah (German), E-le-o-no-rah (Finnish), e-le-aw-NAW-rah (Polish)	Italian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Bulgarian
Corwin	KAWR-win	English