MAKE OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does make off mean? 

• MAKE OFF (verb)
  The verb MAKE OFF has 1 sense:

1. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

  Familiarity information: MAKE OFF used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAKE OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

abscond; absquatulate; bolt; decamp; go off; make off; run off

Context example:

the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe

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

 Context examples 

And Bawn—"Ay, with our own eyes. And this continued until the bear stood suddenly upright and cried aloud in pain, and thrashed his fore paws madly about. And Keesh continued to make off over the ice to a safe distance. But the bear gave him no notice, being occupied with the misfortune the little round balls had wrought within him."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)