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run off

verb

(intr) to depart in haste
(tr) to produce quickly, as copies on a duplicating machine
to drain (liquid) or (of liquid) to be drained
(tr) to decide (a race) by a runoff
(tr) to get rid of (weight, etc) by running
(intr) (of a flow of liquid) to begin to dry up; cease to run
1. to steal; purloin
2. to elope with

noun

1. an extra race to decide the winner after a tie
2. a contest or election held after a previous one has failed to produce a clear victory for any one person
that portion of rainfall that runs into streams as surface water rather than being absorbed into ground water or evaporating
the overflow of a liquid from a container
grazing land for store cattle

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Idioms and Phrases

Escape; see run away , def. 2.

Flow off, drain, as in By noon all the water had run off the driveway . [Early 1700s]

Print, duplicate, or copy, as in We ran off 200 copies of the budget . [Late 1800s]

Decide a contest or competition, as in The last two events will be run off on Tuesday . [Late 1800s]

Also, run someone out . Force or drive someone away, as in The security guard ran off the trespassers , or They ran him out of town . [Early 1700s]

Produce or perform quickly and easily, as in After years of practice, he could run off a sermon in a couple of hours . [Late 1600s]

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Example Sentences

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In addition to no longer letting $5 billion a month of Treasury securities run off at maturity, it will reinvest principal payments on agency mortgage securities into T-bills.

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