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as in to out
to drive or force out
the dog often ran off cats and other animals that had intruded upon his owner's property
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as in to escape
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
their rebellious daughter's run off because she was disciplined again
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as in to retreat
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
the mouse ran off as soon as it saw us
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Recent Examples of run off
Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
The Hawks weren’t being run off the ice this time.
—Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Local roads in Death Valley National Park, including Towne Pass on Highway 190 will continue to see runoff from earlier heavy rain.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Jan. 2026
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Verb
The suspect pounces on Ennin while the victim is down and stabs him multiple times before running off.
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In the runoff, Newsom narrowly beat the Green candidate, Matt Gonzalez, who became a public defender.
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During his time in Australia so far, Yungblud also bared it all on a nude yacht outing with friends in Sydney Harbour, according to photos published by TMZ.—
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It’s made from a lightweight, water-repellent material that’ll keep you comfortable amid any kind of outing this winter.—
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Austin Abrams stars as a scuba diver who, while searching for his father’s (Josh Brolin) body, gets swallowed and must find a way to escape.—
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Set in 1977, during Brazil’s military dictatorship, the thriller details Armando and his son in their efforts to escape the country in the midst of political turmoil.—
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Despite being wounded, Sosa-Celis and the other two men retreated into the apartment and barricaded themselves inside.—
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Adolfsson and Stefan, who works as a substitute teacher, plan their grocery shopping trips to the mainland carefully, stocking up before retreating indoors.—
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Iris, jasmine, and galbanum give it its floral-meets-fresh-and-powdery finish.—
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Their offense shortens the game, keeping the team’s defense fresh.—
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Fire Rescue said one person was ejected in the collision and airlifted to a trauma center.—
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Georgia's biggest issue came in the first half when 6-11 center Somto Cyril was ejected for throwing a forearm into Florida's Rueben Chinyelu.—
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No one was injured, and the suspects fled before deputies arrived.—
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Other offenses include fleeing from police, escaping from the Northeast Regional Corrections Center, theft, trespassing and giving police a false name.—
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The new system could replace the Stinger missile, which can engage low-flying aircraft such as helicopters, jets during takeoff or landing, and some drones.—
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With that possibility in mind, NASA and Roscosmos, the Russian federal space agency, agreed to fly one NASA astronaut aboard each Soyuz and one Russian cosmonaut aboard each Crew Dragon.—
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Two and a half feet of rain beat down upon the face of the San Gabriels, wiping out the rustic resorts wedged into the canyons, and chuting runoff waters down onto the plain along ancient dry rivulets and freshets and canyons that Angelenos had forgotten or never known about.—
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The Hudson River had a little current, fed by freshets from upstream with local rains, and melting snow farther up, in the Adirondacks.—
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“Run off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20off. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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