Adjacent Words
run counter torun course
run deep
run down
run dry
run for
run for one's money
run in
run in debt
run interference
run into
run low
run low on
Run of stars
run of the mill
run off with
run on
run one's mouth
run out
run out of
run out of steam
run out on
run out the clock
run over
run past
run ragged
run rings around
run riot
run roughshod
run short
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
v
1: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" [syn: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off]
2: 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" [syn: run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off]
3: 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" [syn: chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]
4: run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" [syn: elope, run off]
5: run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean" [syn: waste, run off]
6: reproduce by xerography [syn: photocopy, run off, xerox]
7: decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
Merriam Webster's
verb Date: 1683transitive verb 1. a. to recite, compose, or produce rapidlyb. to cause to be run or played to a finishc. to decide (as a race) by a runoff d. carry out2. to drain off; draw off3. a. to drive off (as trespassers)b. to steal (as cattle) by driving awayintransitive verb run away 1
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
1. If you run off with someone, you secretly go away with them in order to live with them or marry them. The last thing I'm going to do is run off with somebody's husband... We could run off together, but neither of us wants to live the rest of our lives abroad. = run away PHRASAL VERB: V P with n, pl-n V P together 2. If you run off copies of a piece of writing, you produce them using a machine. If you want to run off a copy sometime today, you're welcome to. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)
Moby Thesaurus
abscond, absquatulate, beat a retreat, bolt, bring out, clear out, cut and run, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, elope, engrave, flee, fly, fugitate, get out, go AWOL, hectograph, hightail, impress, imprint, issue, jump, jump bail, levant, make off, make tracks, mimeograph, multigraph, overprint, print, proof, prove, publish, pull, pull a proof, put out, put to bed, put to press, reissue, reprint, run, run along, run away, run away from, run away with, run for it, show the heels, skedaddle, skip, skip out, slip the cable, stamp, strike, take French leave, take flight, take to flight, take wing, turn tail
