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Idiom: Run Off

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To flee or depart quickly.

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

Example: "He ran off to France leaving her with all the debts and three children to bring up."

To make photocopies, or print.

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

To write something quickly.

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

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

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

To cause to flow away.

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

Example Sentences

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The rain caused the paint on the wall to run off.

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