as in to get out
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Recent Examples of make off
Going against an aggressive defense, Maye will have to make off-schedule plays and generate random offense to give the Patriots a chance.
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
This isn’t the first time the man has been accused of having tried to make off with a high-performance Dodge without paying, either.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2026
Berlin Reuters — Thieves used the quiet Christmas period to drill their way into the vault of a German retail bank and make off with at least 10 million euros’ worth of money and valuables from customers’ deposit boxes, police said on Tuesday.
—CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Hackers leveraging malware systems and other cybercriminal tools are infiltrating online freight marketplaces to make off with high-value cargo while items are in transit.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
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Andrew Greif, NBC news, 8 Feb. 2026
This isn’t the first time the man has been accused of having tried to make off with a high-performance Dodge without paying, either.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2026
Berlin Reuters — Thieves used the quiet Christmas period to drill their way into the vault of a German retail bank and make off with at least 10 million euros’ worth of money and valuables from customers’ deposit boxes, police said on Tuesday.
—CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Hackers leveraging malware systems and other cybercriminal tools are infiltrating online freight marketplaces to make off with high-value cargo while items are in transit.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for make off
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The other man got out and the men got into a verbal confrontation.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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The driver of the car began to reverse and hit a parked car as Officer Cole got out of his vehicle.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning that will go into effect Sunday afternoon and last until Tuesday morning, as meteorologists expect this storm to be more impactful than January’s, from which the region is still clearing out.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
21 Feb. 2026
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City sanitation workers would then dismantle the encampment on the seventh day, with the hope that people would have cleared out of the area.—
Anthony Izaguirre,
Fortune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Poor weather and battlefield obscurants continue to endanger warfighters as adversaries rely on these conditions to escape attacks.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Feb. 2026
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Then escape the skyscraper shadows into Hong Kong's New Territories.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20off. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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