run off

v 1: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody

along [syn: {abscond}, {bolt}, {absquatulate}, {decamp},

{go off}]

2: 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" [syn: {run out}, {bolt}, {bolt

out}]

3: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric

meanings; "Drive away potential burglars'; "drive away bad

thoughts"; "dispel doubts" [syn: {chase away}, {drive out},

{turn back}, {drive away}, {dispel}, {drive off}]

4: run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple

eloped and got married in Las Vegas" [syn: {elope}]

5: run off as waste: "The water wastes back into the ocean"

[syn: {waste}]

6: reproduce by xerography [syn: {photocopy}, {xerox}]

7: decide (a game) by a runoff