to run off

listen to the pronunciation of to run off
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To make photocopies, or print

Please run off a couple dozen more flyers to pass out.

To flee or depart quickly

Don't run off before the end of the event.

To chase someone away

If anyone comes into this field, the bull will soon run them off.

To operate by a particular energy source

This radio runs off batteries.

To write something quickly

Shakespeare could run off a play in just a couple of days.

To pour or spill off or over

They kept a barrel to store rainwater that has run off the roof.

To leave someone without prior advice

He ran off to France leaving her with all the debts and three children to bring up.

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"
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
If you run off copies of a piece of writing, you produce them using a machine. If you want to run off a copy sometime today, you're welcome to
decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
If you run off with someone, you secretly go away with them in order to live with them or marry them. The last thing I'm going to do is run off with somebody's husband We could run off together, but neither of us wants to live the rest of our lives abroad. = run away
reproduce by xerography
run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"
decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff 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
escape; print, make copies; produce quickly; drive away, expel; hold an additional race to determine the winner after an unclear previous match
to run off
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