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run off

• leave a place or situation suddenly.
• "he ran off to join Napoleon's army and never returned"
• (of a liquid) flow over and away from a surface.
• "the sweat ran off their faces"
• reproduce copies of a piece of writing, music, etc. on a machine.
• "please run off some copies of that report"
Similar: copy, photocopy, xerox, duplicate, print, photostat, mimeograph, make, produce, do,

run-off noun

• a further competition, election, race, etc., after a tie or inconclusive result.
• "he won only 49 per cent of the vote, so a run-off will be held"
• the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
• "the ratio of run-off to rainfall"
• a separate area of land where young animals are kept.


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