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run off

verb

Definition of RUN OFF

transitive verb

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

: to drain off : draw off

a : to drive off (as trespassers)

b : to steal (as cattle) by driving away

intransitive verb

: run away 1

— run off with

: to carry off : steal <ran off with the money>

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Synonyms: banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, kick out, oust, out, rout, eject, throw out, turf (out) [chiefly British], turn out

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