Thesaurus / run off
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Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSA few, very few, little dots had run back over that green patch—the others had passed down into the world of darkness.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONBut if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTThe controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONA far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYWhen these last words of his were interpreted to her, she started, made as if she would run after him, but checked herself.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONShe would let him run about for a few moments and then she would leap upon him as if she had nearly lost him.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYAt that Farmer Green's cat began to run up and down between the rows of vegetables.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEYTheir gunnery won't run to it—was never meant to run to it—and with five going aeroplanes we can't do the spotting.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONIt's quite true the land can't run away, but there are always rows and revolutions and smashes going on; you can't trust anybody.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSWORDS RELATED TO RUN OFF
- absconds
- avoids
- bails out
- bolts
- bursts out
- circumvents
- cuts and runs
- cuts loose
- decamps
- departs
- deserts
- disappears
- dodges
- doubles
- ducks
- ducks out
- elopes
- eludes
- emerges
- evades
- flees
- flies
- flies the coop
- gets away with
- gets off
- goes scot-free
- leaves
- makes getaway
- makes off
- makes oneself scarce
- passes
- plays hooky
- runs
- runs away
- runs off
- runs out on
- shuns
- skips
- slips
- slips away
- steals away
- takes a powder
- takes flight
- takes on the lam
- vanishes
- works out of
- wriggles out
- abscond
- avoid
- bail out
- blow
- bolt
- break out
- burst out
- circumvent
- cut and run
- cut loose
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- disappear
- dodge
- double
- duck
- duck out
- elope
- elude
- emerge
- evade
- flee
- fly
- fly the coop
- get away
- get away with
- get off
- give someone the slip
- go scot-free
- leave
- make a getaway
- make getaway
- make off
- make oneself scarce
- pass
- play hooky
- run
- run away
- run off
- run out on
- shun
- skip
- slip
- slip away
- steal away
- take a powder
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take on the lam
- vanish
- work out of
- wriggle out
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