Run off

verb

Word Frequency: 1.8

Definitions

1.verbTo flee or depart quickly.

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

2.verbTo make photocopies, or print.

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

3.verbTo write something quickly.

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

4.verb(of a liquid) To pour or spill off or over.

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

5.verbTo cause to flow away.

"to run off a charge of molten metal from a furnace"

6.verbTo chase someone away.

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

7.verbTo operate by a particular energy or fuel source.

"This radio runs off batteries."

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