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run off

English

  1. 🔊 decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
  2. 🔊 leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
    “The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas”
  3. 🔊 reproduce by xerography
  4. 🔊 run off as waste
    “The water wastes back into the ocean”
  5. 🔊 run away secretly with one's beloved
    “The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas”
  6. 🔊 run away
    “The thief made off with our silver”
  7. 🔊 force to go away
    “Drive away potential burglars”

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