run off

Verb

• decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
  • The thief made off with our silver
    
  • the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  photocopy , xerox , waste , elope , chase away , drive out , turn back , drive away , dispel , drive off , run out , bolt , bolt out , beetle off , abscond , absquatulate , decamp , go off , make off