Dictionary

make off en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌmeɪk ˈɒf/
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To exit or depart; to run away.
   • As soon as he saw me, he turned around and made off down the road.
   • [H]e was so frightened, being new to the sight, that he made off again, and never stopped until he had run a mile or more. 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
   • But the Metropolitan police said while they attempted to arrest a man in Hornsey, north London, “he made off from them on foot”. 2019 September 14, “Extinction Rebellion co-founder arrested at Heathrow protest”, in The Guardian:
2. To tie off, fix down or terminate the end of a rope, cable or thread.
   • Make off the cable ends in metal glands. 2007, FCS Electrical Systems and Construction L2, →ISBN:
   • The object of good end-box technique is to make off the cable in a manner which resists ingress of air, moisture and cable box compound into the cable with as little interference with the lay and structure of the cable as possible. 1958, Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 49:
   • If the fairlead (a cleat, chock, or genoa car to make off the line on) is located amidships... 2014, Ralph Naranjo, The Art of Seamanship, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

make off without payment · make off with

Synonyms

run away · flee

Translations (12)

sv smita (to run away; to exit) · sv sjappa (to run away; to exit) · pt fugir (to run away; to exit) · sv ge sig i väg (to run away; to exit) · de sich davonmachen (to run away; to exit) · ru убега́ть (to run away; to exit) · de sich aus dem Staub machen (to run away; to exit) · nrf avitrer (to run away; to exit) · fr fuir (to run away; to exit) · it fuggire (to run away; to exit) · ca fugir (to run away; to exit) · es huir (to run away; to exit)