run off

1. (verb) decide (a game) by a runoff
Related Words: compete, contend, vie

2. (verb) leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
Synonyms: bolt, bolt out, run out
Related Words: go away, go forth, leave

3. (verb) reproduce by xerography
Synonyms: photocopy, xerox
Related Words: Photostat, microcopy, reproduce

4. (verb) run off as waste: "The water wastes back into the ocean"
Synonyms: waste
Related Words: course, flow, run

5. (verb) run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"
Synonyms: elope
Related Words: flee, fly, take flight

6. (verb) run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Synonyms: abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off
Related Words: flee, fly, levant, take flight

7. (verb) force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars'; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"
Synonyms: chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, turn back
Related Words: banish, displace, fire, frighten, move, shoo, shoo away, shoo off



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