Run off

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To flee or depart quickly.

    "Don't run off before the end of the event."

  2. 2
    decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff wordnet
  3. 3
    To make photocopies, or print. idiomatic

    "Please run off a couple dozen more flyers to pass out."

  4. 4
    reproduce by xerography wordnet
  5. 5
    To write something quickly. idiomatic

    "Shakespeare could run off a play in just a couple of days."

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  1. 6
    force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings wordnet
  2. 7
    To pour or spill off or over.

    "They kept a barrel to store rainwater that has run off the roof."

  3. 8
    leave suddenly and as if in a hurry wordnet
  4. 9
    To cause to flow away.

    "to run off a charge of molten metal from a furnace"

  5. 10
    run off as waste wordnet
  6. 11
    To chase someone away.

    "If anyone comes into this field, the bull will soon run them off."

  7. 12
    run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along wordnet
  8. 13
    To operate by a particular energy or fuel source.

    "This radio runs off batteries."

  9. 14
    run away secretly with one's beloved wordnet
  10. 15
    To have diarrhea.
  11. 16
    To recite, especially items on a list.

    "He ran off the checklist one by one but still missed a couple of items."

  12. 17
    To steal (horses). transitive

    "He ran off a pony from the ranch."

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