Meaning

2 senses
  1. (intransitive)To exit or depart; to run away.

    As soon as he saw me, he turned around and made off down the road.

    sich davonmachen, sich aus dem Staub machen

    убега́тьubegátʹ

    run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

  2. To tie off, fix down or terminate the end of a rope, cable or thread.

Examples

46 sentences
  1. A boy made off with some money.

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  2. The heavy snow made them put off their departure.

    ruСильный снегопад вынудил их отложить отъезд.

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  3. The chairman would only make her comments off the record.

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  4. Tom is making money off us.

    deTom verdient an uns.

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  5. The thieves made off with the jewels.

    deDie Diebe machten sich mit den Juwelen aus dem Staube.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to run away; to exit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to run away; to exit:

Forms

makes off, making off, made off, made off
Base formmake off · to make off
3rd person singularmakes off
Present participlemaking off
Past simplemade off
Past participlemade off

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymake off
he, she, itmakes off

Past simpleLesson

all personsmade off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave made off
he, she, ithas made off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill make off

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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