Entry Word: run off

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to drive or force out <the dog often ran off cats and other animals that intruded upon his ownerʼs property> — see eject 1
2 to get free from a dangerous or confining situation <their daughterʼs run off because she was disciplined again> — see escape 1
3 to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening <the mouse ran off as soon as it saw us> — see run 2