run+off

  • 41run off with — verb a) (someone) To leave with someone with the intention of living with them or marrying them. Usually in secret because other people think it is wrong. The chief accountant has run off with his secretary! b) (something) To steal or abscond. He …

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  • 42run off with — phrasal : to carry off : steal * * * informal steal the treasurer had run off with the pension funds …

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  • 43run off your feet — rushed/run/off your feet phrase very busy We’ll be rushed off our feet around lunchtime. Thesaurus: busy and workingsynonym Main entry: foot …

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  • 44run off at the mouth — talk a lot, talk when you should be quiet    Why do you run off at the mouth and disturb this class? …

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  • 45run off at the mouth — American, informal to talk a lot without saying anything important. He s just another one of these politicians who run off at the mouth …

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  • 46ˌrun ˈoff with sb — phrasal verb informal to secretly leave a place with someone in order to marry them or have a sexual relationship with them They said Phil had run off with his wife s best friend.[/ex] …

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  • 47run-off water — paviršinės nuotekos statusas Aprobuotas sritis karo inžinerija apibrėžtis Lietaus, tirpstančio sniego ar kitoks vanduo, kuris, prieš patekdamas į nutekėjimo vietą, teka žemės paviršiumi. atitikmenys: angl. run off water pranc. eau de… …

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  • 48run off at the mouth — informal talk excessively or indiscreetly * * * run off at the ˈ mouth idiom (NAmE, informal) to talk too much, in a way that is not sensible Main entry: ↑mouthidiom …

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  • 49run off — Synonyms and related words: abscond, absquatulate, beat a retreat, bolt, bring out, clear out, cut and run, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, elope, engrave, flee, fly, fugitate, get out, go AWOL, hectograph, hightail, impress, imprint, issue,… …

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  • 50run off — verb Date: 1683 transitive verb 1. a. to recite, compose, or produce rapidly b. to cause to be run or played to a finish c. to decide (as a race) by a runoff d. carry out 2. to drain off ; draw off 3 …

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