run off with

run off with
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To leave with someone with the intention of living with them or marrying them. Usually in secret because other people think it is wrong.

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The chief accountant has run off with his secretary!

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Submitted on September 02, 2012

Modified on January 05, 2021

Additional definitions for 'run off with':

run off with	To steal or abscond.

run off with

To steal or abscond.

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run out of town run out on run off run out on run one's course Run Off at the Mouth run off run off at the mouth run on run on run on empty run like the wind run off run low

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Alex
US English
Daniel
British
Karen
Australian
Veena
Indian

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