run off with
Idioms-
Make off with; see run away with , def. 1.
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Capture or carry off, as in The debaters ran off with the state championship .
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He had once been a Catholic priest - before quitting the church to run off with Enid, two weeks after he'd married her to someone else.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
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 ● Apr. 29, 2025
Whose baby was it, and why on Earth did the parents think it was safe for a con artist to run off with such precious cargo?
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023
But Hakan Akbas, managing director of Strategic Advisory Services, an Istanbul-based political advisory, said Erdogan seemed to be on track to achieve what he was hoping: a run off with Kilicdaroglu.
From Reuters ● May 11, 2023
He puts on a girly voice and reads aloud: “Megan has run off with her boyfriend, who from here on in, I shall refer to as B.”
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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