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
Vijay	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Punjabi
Svetlana	svyet-LAH-nah (Russian), sveet-LAH-nah (Russian)	Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
Cintia	THEEN-tyah (Spanish), SEEN-tyah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Hungarian
Afra	['æfrə]
Raja (2)	-	Urdu, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, Indonesian
Fitzpatrick	[fits'pætrik]