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MAKE OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Example:
the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
Synonyms:
abscond; absquatulate; bolt; decamp; go off; make off; run off
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "make off" is one way to...):
flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make off"):
levant (run off without paying a debt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
