run off with

1. Make off with; see run away with , def. 1.

2. Capture or carry off, as in The debaters ran off with the state championship .

Example Sentences

She “died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 100, hopefully to run off with her 2 adoring husbands and her many dogs,” the “Crossing Delancey” star said Tuesday on social media.

From Los Angeles Times

The homeowner’s surveillance cameras captured the moment before a ball of flames exploded, prompting the arsonist to hop back over the fence and run off with his clothes on fire.

From Los Angeles Times

"He'd gone into the park and these three lads had run off with it and left him, the poor lad."

From BBC

Moby Ali, who owns the Techfixd store, said he had a knife pulled on him by a man who was attempting to run off with a mobile phone.

From BBC

Otis Jones IV’s Will, the character whose plans to run off with Johnny are upended by his girlfriend’s pregnancy, and Landen Gonzales’ Tunny, who chooses the military route as his answer only to be seriously wounded in combat, are treated almost as spectral presences, insubstantial and more or less tangential.

From Los Angeles Times

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