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Run off Very Common

Run off has 8 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

"The thief made off with our silver"

"the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

2

leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

"The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"

"When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

3

force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

"Drive away potential burglars"

"drive away bad thoughts"

"dispel doubts"

"The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

4

run away secretly with one's beloved

"The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"

5

run off as waste

"The water wastes back into the ocean"

6

reproduce by xerography

7

decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff

8

To flee or depart quickly.

Example Sentences
"The thief made off with our silver" verb
"the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" verb
"The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas" verb
"When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" verb
"Drive away potential burglars" verb
"drive away bad thoughts" verb
"dispel doubts" verb
"The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" verb
"The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" verb
"The water wastes back into the ocean" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
flee leave move run reproduce compete
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
levant fire clear the air banish shoo off microcopy photostat
Rhyming Words
off boff hoff doff coff loff moff koff toff goff geoff scoff swoff groff cloff droff gnoff feoff snoff nroff
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