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run off

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1. run off - Noun

2. run off - Verb

Meaning

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

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

run away secretly with one's beloved

reproduce by xerography

decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff

run off as waste

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I'm amazed when I see mothers wearing high heels. If your kids run off you can't run after them. Claudia Schiffer

Very well," Magnus said. "Let us pause for a moment and consider-Oh, you have already run off Splendid. Cassandra Clare

But also, the guest workers program, it's quite often misused, meaning people could come in as part of a guest workers program and after two weeks in the fields, they'd run off to do every other kind of job that isn't covered by a guest workers program. Dana Rohrabacher

He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back. Ray Bradbury

Dill?" Mm?" Why do you reckon Boo Radleys never run off?" Dill sighed a long sigh and turned away from me. Maybe he doesn't have anywhere to run off to. Harper Lee

If a man told you that a dog had run off with your ear, would you go after the dog or search first for your ear? Moroccan Proverb

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