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View synonyms for make off

make off

verb

  1. (intr, adverb) to go or run away in haste

  2. to steal or abduct

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Depart in haste, run away, as in The cat took one look at Richard and made off . [c. 1700]

make off with . Take something away; also, steal something, as in I can't write it down; Tom made off with my pen , or The burglars made off with the stereo and computer as well as jewelry . [Early 1800s]

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