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as in to out
to drive or force out
the dog often ran off cats and other animals that had intruded upon his owner's property
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2
as in to escape
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
their rebellious daughter's run off because she was disciplined again
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as in to retreat
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
the mouse ran off as soon as it saw us
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as in fresh
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Recent Examples of run off
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2025
Then there are the shoes, the manure, even thousands of dollars in cash (which alert bystanders scooped up and ran off with handfuls, by the way).
—Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
The special election, which will feature seven candidates on the ballot, will take place on April 8, but unless one candidate receives a majority of the votes, the two highest vote-getters will advance to a runoff.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The film ends in a rush, simply dropping the mic and running off.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2025
Then there are the shoes, the manure, even thousands of dollars in cash (which alert bystanders scooped up and ran off with handfuls, by the way).
—Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
The executive order comes after Trump initially promised in 2016 to redirect California’s water runoff south to help farmers and growers in Central Valley.
—Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
The special election, which will feature seven candidates on the ballot, will take place on April 8, but unless one candidate receives a majority of the votes, the two highest vote-getters will advance to a runoff.
—Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for run off
Verb
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The athlete was outed by a teammate in a previous lawsuit.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Feb. 2025
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In 2021, the publishers of a Catholic newsletter outed a priest by apparently accessing his Grindr activity through third-party channels.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them,
5 Feb. 2025
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Dozens of New Snowbird Options to Florida Allegiant Air, Breeze Airways, and Southwest are adding dozens of new routes to the Sunshine State just in time for northerners to escape the next six weeks of winter.—
Edward Russell,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Feb. 2025
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Then her best friend joined the Navy, and Thorn saw a way to escape.—
Dexter Filkins,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Michael then retreated to his bedroom and took possession of his own handgun.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated 0.28%, paring losses of 1.5% earlier in the day, after news of the tariff pause broke.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2025
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Make sure to maintain proper ventilation and storage conditions to keep your squash fresh.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2025
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Watch: Easy ways to keep your real Christmas tree fresh.—
Laura L. Davis,
USA TODAY,
5 Dec. 2024
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Love and Freeman were ejected, but as the dust continued to settle between both teams, ASU head coach Bobby Hurley ordered all the players on his bench to go to the locker room.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Northern lights, also known as Aurora Borealis, are caused by magnetic storms triggered by solar activity, like solar flares (explosions on the sun) or coronal mass ejections (ejected gas bubbles).—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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Right Now The first reveal comes when Ally and Jay decide to fight Heart Eyes rather than flee when the masked murderer is killing people left and right at a drive-in movie theater.—
James Grebey,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
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For fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle, the sentence is a maximum of three years and one day in prison and or a fine of $5,000.—
Alex Malm,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The demonstrator flew 10 more subsonic flights, then went supersonic for the first time on Jan. 28 of this year.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article A New Jersey man flying from Miami to Newark has been arrested for threatening flight attendants with violence, harassing other passengers and yelling racist slurs while banging on the cockpit door and demanding to see the pilot, federal prosecutors announced Monday.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Two and a half feet of rain beat down upon the face of the San Gabriels, wiping out the rustic resorts wedged into the canyons, and chuting runoff waters down onto the plain along ancient dry rivulets and freshets and canyons that Angelenos had forgotten or never known about.—
Patt MorrisonColumnist,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2023
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The Hudson River had a little current, fed by freshets from upstream with local rains, and melting snow farther up, in the Adirondacks.—
Ian Frazier,
The New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2020
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