run%20off

verb

  1. 1

    To flee or depart quickly.

    Don't run off before the end of the event.
  2. 2

    To make photocopies, or print.

    Please run off a couple dozen more flyers to pass out.
  3. 3

    To write something quickly.

    Shakespeare could run off a play in just a couple of days.
  4. 4

    (of a liquid) To pour or spill off or over.

    They kept a barrel to store rainwater that has run off the roof.
  5. 5

    To cause to flow away.

    to run off a charge of molten metal from a furnace
  6. 6

    To chase someone away.

    If anyone comes into this field, the bull will soon run them off.
  7. 7

    To operate by a particular energy or fuel source.

    This radio runs off batteries.

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