run off
To flee or depart quicklyTo flee or depart quickly.
» Tom ran off.
Tom lief weg.
Tom ist weggelaufen.
Том сбежал.
Том утік.
Meaning
10 sensesTo flee or depart quickly.
Near-synonym: run away
Don't run off before the end of the event.
убега́тьubegátʹ, убежа́тьubežátʹ, удира́тьudirátʹ
(idiomatic)To make photocopies, or print.
Near-synonyms: print off, print out
Please run off a couple dozen more flyers to pass out.
(idiomatic)To write something quickly.
Near-synonyms: dash off, whip up
Shakespeare could run off a play in just a couple of days.
To pour or spill off or over.
They kept a barrel to store rainwater that has run off the roof.
run off as waste
To cause to flow away.
to run off a charge of molten metal from a furnace
run away secretly with one's beloved
To chase someone away.
Near-synonyms: chase off, chase away, scare off
If anyone comes into this field, the bull will soon run them off.
прогоня́тьprogonjátʹ, прогна́тьprognátʹ
run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
To operate by a particular energy or fuel source.
This radio runs off batteries.
This radio runs off of batteries.
To have diarrhea.
To recite, especially items on a list.
Near-synonyms: check off, tick off, rattle off, run down
He ran off the checklist one by one but still missed a couple of items.
(transitive)To steal (horses).
Near-synonym: make off with
He ran off a pony from the ranch.
Examples
163 sentencesTom ran off.
Том утік.
ruТом сбежал.
deTom lief weg.
The train ran off the tracks.
ruПоезд сошёл с рельсов.
deDer Zug entgleiste.
Where did you run off to?
Where did Tom run off to?
Tom almost ran off the road.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Forms
runs off, running off, ran off, run offPhrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- run upшитиTo run (towards someone or something); to hasten to a destination.
- run offвідлякати, відлякуватиTo flee or depart quickly.
- run outзакінчитися, закінчуватисяTo use up or consume all
- run downпереїхати, переїжджатиTo hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- run overпереїхати, переїжджатиTo exceed the allotted time.
- run awayбігати, бігтиTo flee by running.
- run afterгнати, ганятиTo follow quickly, often in an effort to catch or catch up with (someone or something).
- run intoзрозуміти, розумітиTo enter by running.
More 8
- run aroundобшукати, обшукуватиTo be very busy doing many different things.
- run throughу /в мене, матиTo repeat something.
- run onTo continue without interruption
- run inTo arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.
- run backTo take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house.
- run alongTo leave; to make one's way somewhere else.
- run withTo be streaming with a fluid.
- run aheadTo use sidings to pass a different train.
Synonyms
32 synonyms- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry:run outboltbolt outbeetle off
- reproduce by xerography:photocopyxerox
- run off as waste:waste
- run away secretly with one's beloved:elope
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along:abscondboltabsquatulatedecampgo offmake off
- force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings:chase awaydrive outturn backdrive awaydispeldrive off
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb