RUN OFF Synonyms
There are 16 hypernyms of the phrase run off. (close relations)
Definition of RUN OFF
runoff
Best Alternative Words for RUN OFF
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bolt | verbv | |||||||
noun • a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder • a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech • the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key • the act of moving with great haste • a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length • a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener • a sudden abandonment (as from a political party) adverb • in a rigid manner • directly verb • move or jump suddenly • secure or lock with a bolt • swallow hastily • run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along • leave suddenly and as if in a hurry • eat hastily without proper chewing • make or roll into bolts | ||||||||
abscond | verbv | |||||||
verb • run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | ||||||||
absquatulate | verbv | |||||||
verb • run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | ||||||||
decamp | verbv | |||||||
verb • leave a camp • run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along • leave suddenly | ||||||||
dispel | verbv | |||||||
verb • force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings • to cause to separate and go in different directions | ||||||||
elope | verbv | |||||||
verb • run away secretly with one's beloved | ||||||||
photocopy | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work verb • reproduce by xerography | ||||||||
waste | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted • useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly • the trait of wasting resources • an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation • (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect adjective satellite • located in a dismal or remote area; desolate verb • spend thoughtlessly; throw away • use inefficiently or inappropriately • dispose of • run off as waste • get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing • spend extravagantly • lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief • cause to grow thin or weak • cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly • become physically weaker | ||||||||
xerox | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder • a copy made by a xerographic copier verb • reproduce by xerography | ||||||||
beetle off | verbv | |||||||
verb • leave suddenly and as if in a hurry | ||||||||
bolt out | verbv | |||||||
verb • leave suddenly and as if in a hurry | ||||||||
chase away | verbv | |||||||
verb • force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings | ||||||||
drive away | verbv | |||||||
verb • force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings | ||||||||
drive off | verbv | |||||||
verb • force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings | ||||||||
drive out | verbv | |||||||
verb • force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings • force or drive out • clear out the chest and lungs | ||||||||
go off | verbv | |||||||
verb • run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along • be discharged or activated • go off or discharge • stop running, functioning, or operating • happen in a particular manner • burst inward | ||||||||
make off | verbv | |||||||
verb • run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along | ||||||||
run out | verbv | |||||||
verb • become used up; be exhausted • flow off gradually • leave suddenly and as if in a hurry • lose validity • flow, run or fall out and become lost • exhaust the supply of • prove insufficient • use up all one's strength and energy and stop working | ||||||||
turn back | verbv | |||||||
verb • retrace one's course • go back to a previous state • force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings • hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of • turn inside out or upside down |