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'run off' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'run off' with 13 example sentences.


run off verb

: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

: leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

: run away secretly with one's beloved

: run off as waste

: reproduce by xerography

: decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff


  • I had my secretary run off ten copies.
  • My husband ran off with someone younger.
  • Well, it's time for me to run off. Bye!
  • At the sight of the dog, the cat ran off.
  • We ran off 50 copies of the invitation.
  • The train ran off the tracks.
  • He runs off to the lab every half hour.
  • Where did you run off to?
  • He ran off to meet his teacher.
  • He's run off ten pounds.
  • The nurses were run off their feet every day.
  • A boy ran off with some money.
  • Linda ran off with Dan.
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