Local English word record

make off

verb · 1 sense

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

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Examples

  • The thief made off with our silver
  • the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe

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Synonyms

abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off

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Princeton WordNet 3.0