Source : WordNet®

run off
     v 1: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody
          along [syn: {abscond}, {bolt}, {absquatulate}, {decamp},
           {go off}]
     2: leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted
        when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to
        tell silly stories, I ran out" [syn: {run out}, {bolt}, {bolt
        out}, {beetle off}]
     3: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric
        meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad
        thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn
        back many disappointed customers" [syn: {chase away}, {drive
        out}, {turn back}, {drive away}, {dispel}, {drive off}]
     4: run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple
        eloped and got married in Las Vegas" [syn: {elope}]
     5: run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
        [syn: {waste}]
     6: reproduce by xerography [syn: {photocopy}, {xerox}]
     7: decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff