Make off

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.

But the Metropolitan police said while they attempted to arrest a man in Hornsey, north London, “he made off from them on foot”.

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.

Make off the cable ends in metal glands.

If the fairlead (a cleat, chock, or genoa car to make off the line on) is located amidships...