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Definitions for: Run Off [v] decide (a game) by a runoff
[v] reproduce by xerography
[v] force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
[v] leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
[v] run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
[v] run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
[v] run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"
Synonyms: abscond, absquatulate, beetle off, bolt, bolt out, chase away, decamp, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, elope, go off, photocopy, run out, turn back, waste, xerox
See Also: banish, clear the air, compete, contend, course, displace, fire, flee, flow, fly, frighten, go away, go forth, leave, levant, microcopy, move, photostat, reproduce, run, shoo, shoo away, shoo off, take flight, vie
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