They made off with our television and our stereo.
English dictionary. 2014.
make off with — index carry away, despoil, hijack, hold up (rob), loot, pilfer, poach Burton s Legal Thesaurus … Law dictionary
make off with — PHRASAL VERB If you make off with something, you steal it and take it away with you. [V P P n] Masked robbers broke in and made off with $8,000 … English dictionary
make off with — phr verb Make off with is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑robber, ↑thief … Collocations dictionary
make off with — they made off with all the wedding gifts Syn: take, steal, purloin, pilfer, abscond with, run away/off with, carry off, snatch; kidnap, abduct; informal walk away/off with, swipe, filch, nab, lift, liberate , borrow , snitch, pinch; … Thesaurus of popular words
make off with — take away, take without permission The boys made off with his toys. They took all his cars and trucks … English idioms
ˌmake ˈoff with sth — phrasal verb to leave with something that you have stolen They made off with our television.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
make off with — 1. Take away, carry off. 2. Steal, pilfer, filch, purloin, cabbage … New dictionary of synonyms
make off with — carry away illicitly. → make … English new terms dictionary
make off with — to steal Standard English. It is never your own property, or wife, that you take with you … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
make away with — another way of saying make off with. ↘ kill (someone). → make … English new terms dictionary
