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to rush out

to rush out

9 3.3
To run out quickly from a hiding place to surprise someone
  • phrasal verb
  • /rʌʃ aʊt/
translation icon : salir de un salto
  • The rest of the six-person crew rushed out on deck from the raft's bamboo hut.
  • rushed out of the house
  • rushed out of the room
  • boy rushed out

Armed guards rushed out and held the men at gunpoint.

Examples

  • The doors burst open as the crew and the cook rush out onto the deck.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • His mother came rushing out of their house, and my father ran to the boy.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I left the basket with Sarah, then turned to rush out of the room.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The emergency isolation door comes down, and people start rushing out of Engineering.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • When he heard all these people, he tried to rush out of the brush pile.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Suddenly, James came rushing out of the house carrying a large envelope.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • All the inmates and neighbors rushed out to see what was the matter.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Throwing cold water on her face, she rushed out into the frigid air and walked to the music school.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Carol Gerber cried, startling him, and rushed out from behind a tree where she had been lying in wait.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • When the alarm went off, the soldiers rushed out from their hiding spots to prepare for an attack.

Synonyms

to rush
vsto rush out
548 1.0

To move or act quickly because a situation needs it

is narrower about jumping or moving out from hiding to surprise someone
to dash
vsto rush out
73 1.0

To move very quickly to reach a place

adds the idea of emerging from hiding often with surprise or attack
to hop out
vsto rush out
  • Informal
11 2.8

To get out of a vehicle or place quickly with a small jump

focuses on jumping or moving out from hiding for surprise or attack
to burst forth
vsto rush out
5 5.4

Suddenly start to happen with a lot of energy

is more specific about coming out from hiding to surprise or attack
to leap out
vsto rush out
3 3.1

To jump out suddenly from a hiding place to surprise someone

is broader, meaning to move out quickly often to surprise or attack
to sally
vsto rush out
  • Specialized
1 6.4

To rush out suddenly from a safe place

focuses more on sudden exit from hiding with surprise or attack
to bum rush
vsto rush out
  • Informal
1 9.6

To push into a place quickly and forcefully as a crowd

involves group force rather than a single quick jump from hiding
to sally out
vsto rush out
9.0

Leave a place where you are hiding suddenly to attack or surprise someone

is used more for quick exits from hiding with immediate action intent

Antonyms

to hide
∞ 1.0

To keep something so others cannot see or understand it

How Quickly

to charge
128 3.6
to bolt out
  • Informal
5 4.9
to rush out
9 3.3
to step out
234 2.3
to emerge
249 3.5

Surface Forms

rush out infinitive
rushed out past
rushed out past participle
rushing out present participle
rushes out third person singular

Morphology

rush + out

The meaning 'to make something available quickly' is directly built from 'rush' (to act rapidly) plus 'out' (outward/release), yielding the sense of hurrying something out or sending it out quickly. This verb+particle composition follows a regular and cross‑linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Rush out comes from the image of someone hiding who suddenly runs fast out into the open to surprise another person. The word rush means 'move quickly' and out shows leaving a place, so the phrase came to mean 'to jump or move quickly out from a place of hiding'.