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MAKE OFF

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Dictionary entry overview: What does make off mean?

• MAKE OFF (verb)
The verb MAKE OFF has 1 sense:

1. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

Familiarity information: MAKE OFF used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MAKE OFF (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

abscond; absquatulate; go off; make off; run off; decamp; bolt

Context examples:

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

Hypernyms (to "make off" is one way to...):

flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make off"):

levant (run off without paying a debt)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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