verb
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
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The thief made off with our silver
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the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
• Derivationally related forms: ↑decampment (for: ↑decamp), ↑bolt (for: ↑bolt), ↑abscondment (for: ↑abscond), ↑absconder (for: ↑abscond)
• Hypernyms: ↑flee, ↑fly, ↑take flight
• Hyponyms: ↑levant
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s PP
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[verb]
2. make off with: steal, abduct, carry off, filch, kidnap, nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), pinch (informal), run away or off with
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RUN AWAY/OFF, take to one's heels, beat a hasty retreat, flee, make one's getaway, make a quick exit, run for it, make a run for it, take off, take flight, bolt, make oneself scarce, decamp, do a disappearing act; informal clear off/out, beat it, leg it, cut and run, skedaddle, vamoose, hightail it, hotfoot it, show a clean pair of heels, fly the coop, split, scoot, scram; Brit. informal scarper, do a runner; N. Amer. informal take a powder.
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intransitive verb1. : depart
said good-bye and made off to his next appointment
2. : to run away : escape
the animals make off when danger appears
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make off
To decamp
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Main Entry: ↑make
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Main Entry: ↑off
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ˌmake ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they make off he/she/it makes off present participle making off past tense made off past participle made off] phrasal verb
to leave quickly, especially after doing something wrong
The kids made off when they heard us coming.
Thesaurus: to leave a place or person quickly or suddenlysynonym
Main entry: make
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leave hurriedly, esp. in order to avoid duty or punishment
they made off without paying
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make off [phrasal verb]
1 chiefly Brit : to leave quickly especially in order to escape
After taking the money, the thieves made off toward the main highway.
Someone broke into the office and made off with some valuable equipment.
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Main Entry: ↑make
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ˌmake ˈoff derived
to hurry away, especially in order to escape
Useful english dictionary. 2012.