| VERB | motion | run off, abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, go off, make off | run away |
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| motion | run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off | leave suddenly and as if in a hurry / hurry | |
| motion | run off, chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off | force to go away | |
| motion | run off, elope | run away secretly with one's beloved | |
| motion | run off, waste | run off as waste | |
| creation | run off, photocopy, xerox | reproduce by xerography | |
| competition | run off | decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff |
| Meaning | run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, go off, make off | |
| Narrower | levant | run off without paying a debt |
| Broader | flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly |
| Spanish | escapar, esfumarse, fugarse | |
| Catalan | fugir | |
| Meaning | Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry / hurry. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off | |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
| Meaning | Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off | |
| Narrower | banish | drive away |
| clear the air | dispel differences or negative emotions | |
| fire | drive out or away by or as if by fire | |
| shoo off, shoo, shoo away | drive away by crying 'shoo!' | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Similar to | rout out, drive out, force out, rouse | Force or drive out |
| Spanish | ahuyentar, alejar, desvanecer | |
| Meaning | run away secretly with one's beloved. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | elope | |
| Broader | flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly |
| Spanish | escaquearse | |
| Catalan | escapar-se, fugar-se, fugir | |
| Meaning | run off as waste. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | waste | |
| Broader | run, flow, feed, course | Move along, of liquids / liquids |
| Spanish | correr libre, derrochar, rebalsarse | |
| Nouns | runoff | the occurrence of surplus liquid / liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity |
| Meaning | Reproduce by xerography. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | photocopy, xerox | |
| Narrower | microcopy | photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size |
| photostat | make a copy by means of a Photostat device | |
| Broader | reproduce | make a copy or equivalent of |
| Spanish | fotocopiar, imprimir | |
| Catalan | fotocopiar | |
| Meaning | decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | game | A contest with rules to determine a winner |
| Broader | compete, vie, contend | compete for something |
| See also | run | compete in a race |
| Spanish | escaparse | |
| Nouns | runoff | a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner |
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