ALL meanings of run off
run off
R r - idioms run off a run for one's money, close or keen competition: The out-of-town team gave us a run for our money. enjoyment or profit in return for one's expense: This may not be the best tool kit, but it will give you a run for your money. 1
- idioms run off in the long run, in the course of long experience; in the end: Retribution will come, in the long run. 1
- idioms run off in the short run, as an immediate or temporary outcome: Recession may be averted in the short run if policy changes are made now. 1
- idioms run off on the run, moving quickly; hurrying about: He's so busy, he's always on the run. while running or in a hurry: I usually eat breakfast on the run. escaping or hiding from the police: He was on the run for two years. 1
- idioms run off run afoul of, Nautical. to collide with so as to cause damage and entanglement. to incur or become subject to the wrath or ill will of: to run afoul of the law; He argued with his father and has run afoul of him ever since. 1
- idioms run off run for it, to hurry away or flee, especially to evade something: You had better run for it before anyone else arrives. 1
- idioms run off run in place, to go through the motions of running without leaving one's original place. to exist or work without noticeable change, progress, or improvement. 1
- idioms run off run out of gas, Informal. to exhaust or lose one's energy, enthusiasm, etc.: After the first game of tennis, I ran out of gas and had to rest. to falter for lack of impetus, ideas, capital, etc.: The economic recovery seems to be running out of gas. 1
- idioms run off run scared, to be thrown into a state of fear or uncertainty because of a perceived threat; be apprehensive about survival or the future: Many businesses are running scared because of increasing competition. 1
- phrasal verb run off If you run off with someone, you secretly go away with them in order to live with them or marry them. 0
- phrasal verb run off If you run off copies of a piece of writing, you produce them using a machine. 0
- countable noun run off A run-off is an extra vote or contest which is held in order to decide the winner of an election or competition, because no-one has yet clearly won. 0
- uncountable noun run off Run-off is rainwater that forms a stream rather than being absorbed by the ground. 0
- verb run off to depart in haste 0
- verb run off to produce quickly, as copies on a duplicating machine 0
- verb run off to drain (liquid) or (of liquid) to be drained 0
- verb run off to decide (a race) by a runoff 0
- verb run off to get rid of (weight, etc) by running 0
- verb run off (of a flow of liquid) to begin to dry up; cease to run 0
- noun run off an extra race to decide the winner after a tie 0
- noun run off a contest or election held after a previous one has failed to produce a clear victory for any one person 0
- noun run off that portion of rainfall that runs into streams as surface water rather than being absorbed into ground water or evaporating 0
- noun run off the overflow of a liquid from a container 0
- noun run off grazing land for store cattle 0
- noun run off an extra vote which is held in order to decide the winner of an election, because no-one has yet clearly won 0
- noun run off an extra contest which is held in order to decide the winner of a competition, because no-one has yet clearly won 0
- noun run off rainwater that forms a stream rather than being absorbed by the ground 0
- noun run off to print, typewrite, make copies of, etc. 0
- noun run off to cause to be run, performed, played, etc. 0
- noun run off to decide the winner of (a race, etc.) by a runoff 0
- noun run off to drive (animals, trespassers, etc.) off or away 0
- noun run off to flow off; drain 0
- noun run off run away 0
- noun run off If an insurance company is in run-off, it no longer takes on new business but still meets its liabilities to existing policyholders. 0