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run off en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To flee or depart quickly.
    • My girlfriend's run off with my car And gone back to her ma and pa. 1966, The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon:
    • Near-synonym: run away
    • Don't run off before the end of the event.
    • He ran off to France leaving her with all the debts and three children to bring up.
  2. (idiomatic) To make photocopies, or print.
    • Please run off a couple dozen more flyers to pass out.
    • Near-synonyms: print off, print out
  3. (idiomatic) To write something quickly.
    • Shakespeare could run off a play in just a couple of days.
    • Near-synonyms: dash off, whip up
  4. (of a liquid) To pour or spill off or over.
    • They kept a barrel to store rainwater that has run off the roof.
  5. To cause to flow away.
    • to run off a charge of molten metal from a furnace
  6. To chase someone away.
    • Near-synonyms: chase off, chase away, scare off
    • If anyone comes into this field, the bull will soon run them off.
    • The detective came back to see them the next day to take "additional statements." The boys ^([sic]) dad refused him access to the boys because when they saw him drive up, they burst into tears and hid in their room. Their dad eventually, several days later, had to run the detective off with a shotgun. 1983 December 10, Jay, “Who Are The Real Victimizers?”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 21, page 16:
  7. To operate by a particular energy or fuel source.
    • This radio runs off batteries.
    • This radio runs off of batteries.
  8. To have diarrhea.
  9. To recite, especially items on a list.
    • He ran off the checklist one by one but still missed a couple of items.
    • He ran off the items one by one but still missed a couple.
    • Near-synonyms: check off, tick off, rattle off, run down
  10. (transitive) To steal (horses).
    • Near-synonym: make off with
    • He ran off a pony from the ranch.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
running off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
runs off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
run off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ran off Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

scare off · run down · chase off · print off · print out · rattle off · make off with · tick off · chase away · runs · dash off · whip up · check off · run away

Translations (13)

es echar (to chase someone away) · fi ajaa pois (to chase someone away) · fi karata (to leave or depart quickly) · grc ἀποτρέχω (to leave or depart quickly) · ru удира́ть (to leave or depart quickly) · fi lähteä (to leave or depart quickly) · ru удра́ть (to leave or depart quickly) · ru прогна́ть (to chase someone away) · fi häätää (to chase someone away) · ga teith (to leave or depart quickly) · ru убега́ть (to leave or depart quickly) · ru прогоня́ть (to chase someone away) · ru убежа́ть (to leave or depart quickly)