Synonyms for run off
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1. abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make offverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   beetle off, waste, absquatulate, come off, bolt, xerox, break camp, decamp, gobble, chase away, photocopy, go over, vamoose, implode, drive out, discharge, run out, make off, bolt out, drive off, abscond, drive away, skip, dispel, elope, go off, fire, turn back

2. run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle offverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   beetle off, waste, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, photocopy, chase away, peter out, gobble, poop out, drive out, run down, spill, run out, make off, fail, bolt out, drive off, abscond, expire, conk out, give out, drive away, drain, xerox, dispel, elope, go off, turn back

3. chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run offverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   bolt out, elope, absquatulate, drive off, abscond, hold back, return, go off, rout out, retrovert, arrest, bolt, decamp, waste, invert, rouse, drive out, clear out, turn back, xerox, disperse, run out, chase away, make off, drive away, stop, regress, beetle off, expectorate, dissipate, reverse, scatter, photocopy, contain, double back, break up, force out, dispel, revert, backtrack, check

4. elope, run offverb

   run away secretly with one's beloved

   "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"

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

5. waste, run offverb

   run off as waste

   "The water wastes back into the ocean"

   Synonyms:
   rot, elope, ravage, decamp, neutralise, liquidate, go off, drive off, neutralize, beetle off, absquatulate, bolt, scourge, lay waste to, bolt out, waste, drive out, turn back, do in, xerox, macerate, run out, chase away, make off, drive away, blow, squander, languish, devastate, dispel, emaciate, photocopy, pine away, knock off, abscond, desolate, ware, consume

6. photocopy, run off, xeroxverb

   reproduce by xerography

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

7. run offverb

   decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff

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

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1. • Compete
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   • Game
   • Leave
   • Move
   • Reproduce
   • Run

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1. John Hilliard:

   That's reasonably high, i do see larger rain events due to the greater water-holding ability of a warmer atmosphere. But that rain should run off my island into the sea.

2. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy:

   In response to Biden's energy policy: Senator John Kennedy then gave a folksy analogy to describe Biden’s energy policy: “Ainsley, I used to have a beagle named Roger. And Roger was a rascal. About every two weeks, Roger would run off. He’d always come back but about half the time he’d come back dragging roadkill that he would hide under my back porch. President Biden’s energy policy looks like and smells like something Roger used to keep under my back porch.”

3. Henry Ramos:

   The best thing we can do as deputies, is keep going to the assembly and doing our jobs, we can't run off.

4. Rick Jager:

   The areas include both bus and rail divisions, landscape irrigation, toilets and wash basins and mobile cleaning vehicles, all require the need for metering devices, not only to reduce water use but also for capturing run-off after cleaning and recycling the liquid captured.

5. Ashley Judd:

   Together we did this for 6 hours on an irregular, rutted and pocked dirt road that has gullies for rain run off during the rainy season.