run+off

  • 11run off — index flee, publish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 12run-off — ► NOUN 1) a further contest after a tie or inconclusive result. 2) rainfall or other liquid that drains away from the surface of an area …

    English terms dictionary

  • 13run off — phrasal verb Word forms run off : present tense I/you/we/they run off he/she/it runs off present participle running off past tense ran off past participle run off 1) [intransitive] to suddenly leave a place or person Their dad ran off when they… …

    English dictionary

  • 14Run Off — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Run Off Originaltitel Boys Produktionsland …

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  • 15run off — 1) PHR V RECIP If you run off with someone, you secretly go away with them in order to live with them or marry them. [V P with n] The last thing I m going to do is run off with somebody s husband... [pl n V P together] We could run off together,… …

    English dictionary

  • 16run off — verb 1. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along (Freq. 2) The thief made off with our silver the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe • Syn: ↑abscond, ↑bolt, ↑absquatulate, ↑decamp, ↑ …

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  • 17run-off — noun 1 (C) a second competition or election that is arranged to decide the winner when two competitors get an equal number of points or votes the first time compare play­off, see also: run off run 1 2 (U) technical rain or other liquid that flows …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18run off — verb a) To flee or depart quickly. Dont run off before the end of the event. b) To make photocopies, or print. Please run off a couple dozen more flyers to pass out …

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  • 19run off — phr verb Run off is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑printer Run off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑copy …

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  • 20run off —    1. permanently to leave the matrimonial home    Usually of a wife, for another man and less often of a husband:     I wish to God she would run off with somebody. (Foreman, 1998 he wanted to be rid of his wife)     Rita s third husband had run …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms