make off

verb

made off; making off; makes off

intransitive verb

: to leave in haste
Phrases
make off with
: to take away
especially : grab, steal

Examples of make off in a Sentence

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Like, the amount of money the band could make off of one album could be more than potentially the entire career of the band, and that’s not fair to me. Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025 The thieves took less than eight minutes to make off with eight pieces of the French crown jewels, valued at roughly €88 million ($102 million). Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 One time, Johnson even almost made off with his doppelganger’s car at a local Nashville airport. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025 Police are looking for a trio of burglars who made off with more than $3 million worth of jewelry from a Queens home, cops said Tuesday. Nicholas Williams, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for make off

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1680, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of make off was circa 1680

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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20off. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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