Sentence:  They answered him in monosyllables , nods , occasionally muttering in Greek to one another , awaiting the word from Papa , who restlessly cracked his knuckles , anxious to stuff himself into his white Cadillac and burst <WSD>off</WSD> to the freeway . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)