make off

make off
phrasal verb [intransitive]
Word forms "make off":
present tense I/you/we/they make off he/she/it makes off present participle making off past tense made off past participle made off
to leave quickly, especially after doing something wrong

The kids made off when they heard us coming.


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  • make off — {v.} To go away; run away; leave. * /When the deer saw the hunter it made off at once./ * /A thief stopped John on a dark street and made off with his wallet./ Compare: TAKE OFF …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make off — {v.} To go away; run away; leave. * /When the deer saw the hunter it made off at once./ * /A thief stopped John on a dark street and made off with his wallet./ Compare: TAKE OFF …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • To make off — Make Make (m[=a]k), v. i. 1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A scurvy, jack a nape priest to meddle or make. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • make off — intransitive verb Date: 1709 to leave in haste …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • make off with — phrasal to take away; especially grab, steal …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Make — (m[=a]k), v. i. 1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A scurvy, jack a nape priest to meddle or make. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To proceed;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • make away with — {v.}, {informal} Take; carry away; cause to disappear. * /The lumberjack made away with a great stack of pancakes./ * /Two masked men held up the clerk and made away with the payroll./ Compare: MAKE OFF …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make away with — {v.}, {informal} Take; carry away; cause to disappear. * /The lumberjack made away with a great stack of pancakes./ * /Two masked men held up the clerk and made away with the payroll./ Compare: MAKE OFF …   Dictionary of American idioms

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