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verb

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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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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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runoff

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noun

as in fresh

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Recent Examples of run off
Verb
Rohit, who turns 38 next month, scored 76 runs off 83 balls, smashing seven fours and three sixes to guide India to back-to-back ICC titles. — Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 The suspect — who is being sought on a charge of criminal mischief — was last seen running off uptown on Seventh Ave. — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
Noboa, who is seeking re-election in an April runoff vote, has said military and police officers will be allowed to respond to the Guayaquil violence without fear of being punished for acting with a heavy hand. — Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025 Driving through downpours: Safety guidelines for wet roads Heavy rainfall may lead to flooding if prolonged or if there is excessive runoff. — Bay Area Weather Report, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for run off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run off
  1. out
  2. escape
  3. retreat
  4. fresh
  5. eject
  6. flee
  7. fly
  8. freshet
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  • On her way out, Danielle outed herself as a Traitor to Britney, Dolores Catania, Dylan Efron, Ivar Mountbatten and Gabby Windey.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The new policy also has the virtue of sparing transgender people of the need to choose — or to effectively out themselves as transgender, which can be uncomfortable and, in some places, even dangerous.
    — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Definition of out
Verb
  • Duterte withdrew the Philippines in 2019 from the Rome Statute, the court’s founding treaty, in a move human rights activists say was aimed at escaping accountability.
    — Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Without cellphone service, and fearing that his driver might have a weapon, the then 32-year-old Ugandan felt powerless to escape.
    — Amy Gunia, CNN, 10 Mar. 2025
Definition of escape
Verb
  • Bell / Getty Images Stock futures initially surged on the report, then retreated.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • So the women’s struggle has not only forced the Islamic Republic to retreat, but also created cracks in the patriarchal structures of Iranian society.
    — Narges Mohammadi, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of retreat
Noun
  • Heart Eyes is better in its reviews at 85% fresh, and PostTrak stands at 3 stars.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Regularly changing your sheets and investing in a quality mattress pad can go a long way in keeping your mattress fresh.
    — Maggie Horton, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
Definition of fresh
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  • McCaffery was ejected in his final game coaching the Hawkeyes, a 106-94 loss to Illinois on Thursday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament.
    — Adam Zagoria, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The Sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain an intense magnetic field.
    — Shirsh Lata Soni, JSTOR Daily, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of eject
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  • On March 1, police descended upon Dallas’ Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center, where the championship was holding its second day competitions, as a stampede of cheerleaders, coaches and parents ran fleeing from what many believed to be an active shooter situation.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Northcott fled to Canada, but was arrested soon after.
    — KC Baker, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of flee
Verb
  • But when the goodbyes were over, Norris got a plane and flew down to meet the Sabres in South Florida.
    — Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Colored powder was flying in the air on Sunday in Scripps Ranch during a Holi festival put on by a San Diego nonprofit for the first time.
    — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of fly
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of freshet

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