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