Meaning

10 senses
  1. To flee or depart quickly.

    Near-synonym: run away

    Don't run off before the end of the event.

    убега́тьubegátʹ, убежа́тьubežátʹ, удира́тьudirátʹ

  2. (idiomatic)To make photocopies, or print.

    Near-synonyms: print off, print out

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

  3. (idiomatic)To write something quickly.

    Near-synonyms: dash off, whip up

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

  4. To pour or spill off or over.

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

    run off as waste

  5. To cause to flow away.

    to run off a charge of molten metal from a furnace

    run away secretly with one's beloved

  6. 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

  7. To operate by a particular energy or fuel source.

    This radio runs off batteries.

    This radio runs off of batteries.

  8. To have diarrhea.

  9. 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.

  10. (transitive)To steal (horses).

    Near-synonym: make off with

    He ran off a pony from the ranch.

Examples

163 sentences
  1. Tom ran off.

    Том утік. — deniko

    ruТом сбежал. — paul_lingvo

    deTom lief weg. — Espi

  2. The train ran off the tracks.

    ruПоезд сошёл с рельсов. — marafon

    deDer Zug entgleiste. — xtofu80

  3. Where did you run off to?

  4. Where did Tom run off to?

  5. Tom almost ran off the road.

Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to leave or depart quickly:
to chase someone away:

Forms

runs off, running off, ran off, run off
Base formrun off · to run off
3rd person singularruns off
Present participlerunning off
Past simpleran off
Past participlerun off

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun off
he, she, itruns off

Past simpleLesson

all personsran off

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run off

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

32 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedrunoff

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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