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RUN OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "run off" is one way to...):
compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
Domain category:
game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
runoff (a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Reproduce by xerography
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "run off" is one way to...):
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "run off"):
microcopy (photocopy printed or other graphic matter so that it is reduced in size)
photostat (make a copy by means of a Photostat device)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
Example:
The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
Synonyms:
chase away; dispel; drive away; drive off; drive out; run off; turn back
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "run off" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Verb group:
drive out; force out; rouse; rout out (force or drive out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "run off"):
fire (drive out or away by or as if by fire)
clear the air (dispel differences or negative emotions)
banish (drive away)
shoo; shoo away; shoo off (drive away by crying 'shoo!')
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sense 4
Meaning:
Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
Example:
When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out
Synonyms:
beetle off; bolt; bolt out; run off; run out
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "run off" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 5
Meaning:
Run off as waste
Example:
The water wastes back into the ocean
Synonyms:
run off; waste
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "run off" is one way to...):
course; feed; flow; run (move along, of liquids)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
runoff (the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity)
Sense 6
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 "run off" is one way to...):
flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "run off"):
levant (run off without paying a debt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 7
Meaning:
Run away secretly with one's beloved
Example:
The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas
Synonyms:
elope; run off
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "run off" is one way to...):
flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
