run off
run
rƌn
ran
off
ɔf
awf
/ɹˈʌn ˈɒf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "run off"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to run off
[phrase form: run]
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āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to leave somewhere with something that one does not own
Intransitive: to run off with sth
to run off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The thief attempted to run off with a laptop from the coffee shop.
āĻšā§‹āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻĢāĻŋ āĻļāĻĒ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻĒ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to produce copies of a document or image typically using a photocopier or printer
Transitive: to run off a document or copy
to run off definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He ran off a set of flyers to promote the upcoming event.
āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧇āϟ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻšāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make someone or something leave a place
Transitive: to run off sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher had to run off the disruptive students from the classroom.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧃āĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to depart abruptly as if in a hurry or with a sense of urgency
Transitive: to run off a place | to run off from a place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They ran off a plane, realizing they had boarded the wrong flight at the last moment.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϭ⧁āϞ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāĻŸā§‡ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϜāϝāĻŧā§€ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to decide the winner of a contest or competition by holding a second or subsequent round of voting or competition between the top candidates or teams
Transitive: to run off a competition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Due to a tie, they had to run off the election to determine the winner.
āϟāĻžāχ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻŋāϜāϝāĻŧā§€ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to unexpectedly and secretly leave with one's lover, often a secret or new romantic partner
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The young couple ran off in the middle of the night to start their new life together.
āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž

to quickly and easily produce a written work, often without much effort or care
Transitive: to run off a written work
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The students were instructed to run off a short essay over the weekend.
āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāϞāĻž

to operate using a particular energy source or fuel
Transitive: to run off a particular energy source
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The flashlight runs off rechargeable batteries, reducing waste and saving money.
āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāϞāĻžāχāϟāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻœā§‡āĻŦāϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϟāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϚāϞ⧇, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻœā§āϝ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āϏāĻžāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ—āĻž

to have frequent, watery bowel movements
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Food poisoning left them running off for hours.
āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āϟāϝāĻŧāϞ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĻ⧌āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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