run off


run off (http://definr.com/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"; "The supermarket had to turn
        back many disappointed customers" [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