1
as in outs
to drive or force out
the dog often ran off cats and other animals that had intruded upon his owner's property
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2
as in escapes
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
their rebellious daughter's run off because she was disciplined again
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as in retreats
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
the mouse ran off as soon as it saw us
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Recent Examples of runs off
Water runs off quickly, carrying seeds and topsoil with it.
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Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Maybe the Sox can honor Ryan by reminding him of the night Ozzie Guillen and Craig Grebeck hit back-to-back home runs off him in 1990, their only home runs that season.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Unlike traditional atmospheric water generators that require significant electricity to cool the air, Yaghi’s system runs off-grid using only the sun’s heat.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
The West Sussex native stars as Dougal in the two-person show, which arrived on Broadway after runs off-West End, on the West End and in Cambridge, Mass.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 23 Feb. 2026
Stewart also cracked 21 runs off leg-spinner Adil Rashid in the 18th over but Curran and Overton led England home.
—ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
As mentioned, the Chillhouse runs off-grid.
—New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2026
Much of the precipitation that would normally fall as snow and stay in the mountains for months is instead falling as rain, which runs off quicker, Swain and other scientists said.
—Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Much of the precipitation that would normally fall as snow and stay in the mountains for months is instead falling as rain, which runs off quicker, Swain and other scientists said.
—Dorany Pineda, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Maybe the Sox can honor Ryan by reminding him of the night Ozzie Guillen and Craig Grebeck hit back-to-back home runs off him in 1990, their only home runs that season.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2026
Unlike traditional atmospheric water generators that require significant electricity to cool the air, Yaghi’s system runs off-grid using only the sun’s heat.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
The West Sussex native stars as Dougal in the two-person show, which arrived on Broadway after runs off-West End, on the West End and in Cambridge, Mass.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 23 Feb. 2026
Stewart also cracked 21 runs off leg-spinner Adil Rashid in the 18th over but Curran and Overton led England home.
—ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
As mentioned, the Chillhouse runs off-grid.
—New Atlas, 16 Feb. 2026
Much of the precipitation that would normally fall as snow and stay in the mountains for months is instead falling as rain, which runs off quicker, Swain and other scientists said.
—Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Much of the precipitation that would normally fall as snow and stay in the mountains for months is instead falling as rain, which runs off quicker, Swain and other scientists said.
—Dorany Pineda, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runs off
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Luckily, the king’s favorite wife, Esther, outs herself as Jewish.—
Betsy Andrews,
Saveur,
20 Feb. 2026
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In retaliation, Sir Jimmy outs Kelson as a phony with a fatal stab to the gut, though that’s not enough to save his own life.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
15 Jan. 2026
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Jori Heard escapes an at-bat against Reese Atwood but can't get away from Katie Stewart.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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With unspoiled beaches, gentle Gulf waters, and sunset skies, Sanibel channels one of Florida’s most restorative weekend escapes.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2026
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But the novel ultimately retreats from these complicating questions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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But the novel ultimately retreats from these complicating questions.—
Sarah Chihaya,
New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2026
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In the film, when mobster Marsellus Wallace sees Bruce Willis’ boxer character Butch crossing the street — after Butch defied Wallace’s orders to throw a match — Wallace chases Butch into a pawnshop.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2026
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The human cost is painfully clear; our parents and grandparents cycle in and out of hospitals, receiving reactive medicine that chases one condition after another rather than addressing the underlying cause.—
Andrew S. Brack,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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Seemingly a united front, Michaela agrees to stay in London upon Francesca’s request, but secretly flees in the finale.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Ultimately, Taylor is part of the first 33 minutes or so of the movie, until Perfidia flees to Mexico and away from Lockjaw, who Taylor insists never had the power in that dynamic.—
Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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Eco effort Few & Far Luvhondo operates on solar power and is 100% zero waste, in part thanks to an army of black soldier flies that turn food scraps into fertilizer.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Mar. 2026
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But researchers found in 2022 that brine flies, which form the base of the lake’s food web, and brine shrimp, a multimillion, global fish food business in Utah, had begun to disappear.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Feb. 2026
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Results published in Nature show that cells use bioelectricity to coordinate a complex collective behavior called extrusion, a vital process that ejects sick or struggling individual cells from tissue to maintain health and keep growth in check.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
12 Jan. 2026
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In this delightfully science-minded historical fiction novel, one of the main characters runs away from her family to do astronomy while the other clocks up multiple major scientific expeditions under her belt.—
Brianne Kane,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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In this fluffy romance novel, burnt out pop star Amelia Rose runs away in the middle of the night to the Hallmark-worthy town of Rome.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2026
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