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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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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
Tim David’s 12-ball 28 included two sixes as Bengaluru eased past 200 with 65 runs off the last five overs.
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ABC News, 17 May 2026
Hoerner was the only Cubs batter to get a hit until Michael Busch singled in the seventh and final inning for deGrom, who finished the game giving up no runs off three hits with 10 strikeouts.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2026
Milwaukee scored four runs off Max Fried (4-2) in the second inning.
—CBS News, 9 May 2026
The Huskies then benefited from three errors to score three runs off sophomore reliever Lucas Wallace before senior Ryan Gervase pitched two scoreless innings to get the win.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
The Reds scored a pair of runs off Bradley — one in the second and one in the fourth — in the start.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
Early last month, in the 2-1 win over Crystal Palace, there were two occasions in the first half when Fernandes coached Sesko on the pitch about his runs off the ball.
—Chris McKenna, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
ABC News, 17 May 2026
Hoerner was the only Cubs batter to get a hit until Michael Busch singled in the seventh and final inning for deGrom, who finished the game giving up no runs off three hits with 10 strikeouts.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2026
Milwaukee scored four runs off Max Fried (4-2) in the second inning.
—CBS News, 9 May 2026
The Huskies then benefited from three errors to score three runs off sophomore reliever Lucas Wallace before senior Ryan Gervase pitched two scoreless innings to get the win.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
The Reds scored a pair of runs off Bradley — one in the second and one in the fourth — in the start.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 18 Apr. 2026
Early last month, in the 2-1 win over Crystal Palace, there were two occasions in the first half when Fernandes coached Sesko on the pitch about his runs off the ball.
—Chris McKenna, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runs off
Verb
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Ezekiel Richardson outs himself as a spy for the Continental Army to Claire.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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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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The house is basically painted all white everywhere but somehow escapes being bland.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
17 May 2026
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Coltrane escapes trouble at every turn in the finale episode.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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The story centers on Zha, a janitor at a bankrupt, long-shuttered film studio who retreats into a virtual world, cultivating an online romance and dreaming of a voyage to the Moon.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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As Elliot retreats from the devastating reality of his illness, father and daughter are forced to confront the unspoken truths between them.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Jordan Spieth chases a career Grand Slam.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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Video of the incident shows the boy trying to scramble up the bank to safety as the beaver chases him before biting him on the thigh.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Margot goes to summon Professor Virgile, but the woman flees in her absence.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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So, Nawi flees on her wedding night.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 May 2026
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Roughly a mile away as the crow flies is the site of what once was known as Mills College, which was a private, four-year liberal-arts college for women.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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One drone flies right above our heads.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
18 May 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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Garcia runs away screaming toward a third officer and drops the stick before he’s pushed down into a bed of bushes growing along the street curb.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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Best gets out of the vehicle, then runs away with police chasing after him.—
Dave Collins,
Hartford Courant,
12 Mar. 2026
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