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run off
verb
- intr to depart in haste
- tr to produce quickly, as copies on a duplicating machine
- to drain (liquid) or (of liquid) to be drained
- tr to decide (a race) by a runoff
- tr to get rid of (weight, etc) by running
- intr (of a flow of liquid) to begin to dry up; cease to run
- run off with
- to steal; purloin
- to elope with
noun
- an extra race to decide the winner after a tie
- a contest or election held after a previous one has failed to produce a clear victory for any one person
- that portion of rainfall that runs into streams as surface water rather than being absorbed into ground water or evaporating
- the overflow of a liquid from a container
- grazing land for store cattle
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She 鈥渄ied peacefully in her sleep at the age of 100, hopefully to run off with her 2 adoring husbands and her many dogs,鈥 the 鈥淐rossing Delancey鈥 star said Tuesday on social media.
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Jones grabbed the six-year-old girl and ran off with her while she was playing with her cousins in the Droylsden area of Manchester.
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The occupants of the grey Nissan van ran off and remained at large, the force said.
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In the midst of her fiery hit song marathon, Megan Thee Stallion ran off one side of the stage.
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Later, after the intruder had run off, an officer interacting with Knox鈥檚 3-year-old daughter gave her a small police badge sticker.
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