make off with en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To steal (something) and flee.
"Supposing now that some of them were to slip into the boat at night and cut the cable, and make off with her? That would be a pretty go, that would."
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- To run away together with someone.
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(transitive) To capture (someone) and flee.
"Gaston: The Beast will make off with your children! He'll come after them in the night!"
1991, Horward Ashman, The Mob Song - Beauty and the Beast:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| making off with | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| made off with | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| made off with | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| makes off with | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (8)
de sich davonmachen mit (steal something and flee) · es arramblar (steal something and flee) · es arranchar (steal something and flee) · de sich aus dem Staub machen mit (run away together with someone) · de sich aus dem Staub machen mit (steal something and flee) · de sich davonmachen mit (run away together with someone) · de sich davonmachen mit (capture someone and flee) · de sich aus dem Staub machen mit (capture someone and flee)