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Meaning of run off

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

run off

Pronunciation:

verb

Definitions

  1. To flee or depart quickly.

    Example: Don't run off before the end of the event.

  2. To make photocopies, or print.

    Example: Please run off a couple dozen more flyers to pass out.

  3. To write something quickly.

    Example: Shakespeare could run off a play in just a couple of days.

  4. (of a liquid) To pour or spill off or over.

    Example: They kept a barrel to store rainwater that has run off the roof.