'run off' definitions:
Definition of 'run off'
(from WordNet)
verb
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" [syn: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off]
verb
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" [syn: run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off]
verb
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" [syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]
verb
Run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" [syn: elope, run off]
verb
Run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean" [syn: waste, run off]
verb
verb
Decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
Synonyms of 'run off'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscond,
- absquatulate,
- beat a retreat,
- bolt,
- bring out,
- clear out,
- cut and run,
- cut out,
- decamp,
- depart,
- desert,
- elope,
- engrave,
- flee,
- fly,
- fugitate,
- get out,
- go AWOL,
- hectograph,
- hightail,
- impress,
- imprint,
- issue,
- jump,
- jump bail,
- levant,
- make off,
- make tracks,
- mimeograph,
- multigraph,
- overprint,
- print,
- proof,
- prove,
- publish,
- pull,
- pull a proof,
- put out,
- put to bed,
- put to press,
- reissue,
- reprint,
- run,
- run along,
- run away,
- run away from,
- run away with,
- run for it,
- show the heels,
- skedaddle,
- skip,
- skip out,
- slip the cable,
- stamp,
- strike,
- take flight,
- take French leave,
- take to flight,
- take wing,
- turn tail
Words containing 'run off'
- By the run,
- Run,
- Running,
- Runningly,
- The run,
- To run after,
- To run down,
- To run in,
- To run in with,
- To run into,
- To run on,
- To run out,
- To run over,
- To run through,
- To run up,
- To run with,
- on the run,
- out of the running,
- run after,
- run against,
- run at,
- run by,
- run down,
- run for,
- run in,
- run into,
- run on,
- run out,
- run over,
- run through,
- run up,
- runs,
- As things run,
- At long running,
- At the long run,
- Bermuda Run,
- Big Run,
- Birch Run,
- Buck Run,
- Bull Run,
- Cattle run,
- Dry Run,
- Earned run,
- Fountain Run,
- Fox Run,
- Hand running,
- Hard run,
- Hazel Run,
- Home run,
- Horse run,
- In the long run,
- Laurel Run,
- Lewis Run,
- Mile run,
- Pleasant Run,
- Run of stairs,
- Run steel,
- Run-in,
- Running Springs,
- Running block,
- Running board,
- Running fight,
- Running fire,
- Running gear,
- Running load,
- Running rigging,
- Sheep run,
- The common run,
- The run of the mill,
- To cut and run,
- To let run,
- To run a blockade,
- To run a foil,
- To run a muck,
- To run a rig,
- To run a risk,
- To run against time,
- To run an errand,
- To run away,
- To run away with,
- To run down a coast,
- To run for an office,
- To run foul of,
- To run hard,
- To run in trust,
- To run into the ground,
- To run large,
- To run mad,
- To run mad after,
- To run mad on,
- To run off at the mouth,
- To run riot,
- To run the gantlet,
- To run the guard,
- To run the hazard,
- To run to seed,
- To run wild,
- Tyler Run,
- Warrior Run,
- bank run,
- bombing run,
- chicken run,
- end run,
- fowl run,
- fun run,
- long run,
- mine run,
- pit run,
- press run,
- print run,
- run a risk,
- run across,
- run afoul,
- run aground,
- run along,
- run amok,
- run around,
- run away,
- run bases,
- run batted in,
- run dry,
- run low,
- run ragged,
- run riot,
- run roughshod,
- run short,
- run the gauntlet,
- run wild,
- run-down,
- run-on,
- run-through,
- run-up,
- running away,
- running back,
- running blackberry,
- running game,
- running hand,
- running head,
- running headline,
- running light,
- running mate,
- running noose,
- running pine,
- running play,
- running pop,
- running postman,
- running shoe,
- running start,
- running stitch,
- running suit,
- running time,
- running title,
- ski run,
- split run,
- trial run,
- unearned run,
- Bermuda Run, NC,
- Big Run, PA,
- Birch Run, MI,
- Buck Run, PA,
- Bull Run, VA,
- Coal Run Village,
- Dry Run, OH,
- Elk Run Heights,
- Fountain Run, KY,
- Fox Run, PA,
- Hazel Run, MN,
- Laurel Run, PA,
- Lewis Run, PA,
- Pleasant Run Farm,
- Pleasant Run, OH,
- Right-running,
- Run-around,
- Running Springs, CA,
- To let go by the run,
- To run upon sorts,
- Tyler Run, PA,
- Warrior Run, PA,
- battle of bull run,
- earned run average,
- hit-and-run,
- long-run,
- run-of-the-mill,
- run-of-the-mine,
- run-on sentence,
- run-resistant,
- run-time,
- short-run,
- tip-and-run,
- Coal Run Village, KY,
- Elk Run Heights, IA,
- Grindstone-Rowes Run,
- Pleasant Run Farm, OH,
- pit-run gravel,
- run-time error,
- Grindstone-Rowes Run, PA,
- Tyler Run-Queens Gate,
- inside-the-park home run,
- Tyler Run-Queens Gate, PA