Definitions

run off with

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shoplift v.
steal v.
take v.

VERB

shoplift

Synonyms

STRONGEST

pilfer

STRONG

burglarize defraud embezzle heist lift loot pillage pinch snatch swipe take

WEAK

carry off hold up make off with rip off stick up walk off with

Antonyms

STRONG

give offer receive

VERB

steal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abduct divert embezzle keep kidnap loot pilfer plunder ransack remove strip swipe take

STRONG

appropriate blackmail burglarize cheat cozen defraud despoil heist housebreak lift misappropriate peculate pillage pinch pirate plagiarize poach purloin rifle sack shoplift snitch swindle thieve withdraw

WEAK

carry off hold for ransom hold up make off with rip off spirit away stick up take possession of walk off with

Antonyms

STRONGEST

give give up let go maintain receive release stay

STRONG

protect

VERB

take

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lift pick up seize

STRONG

abduct abstract annex appropriate arrogate borrow commandeer confiscate expropriate filch liberate misappropriate nab nail nip pinch pluck pocket preempt purloin salvage sequester snag snare snatch snitch swipe

WEAK

accroach carry off haul in pull in rip off take in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

drop free give lower release weaken

STRONG

insert let go liberate offer receive return

WEAK

abstain add avoid be honest be immune disallow discontinue disenchant dodge fail hold keep lose maintain misconceive misunderstand refuse reject repulse stop

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run off with

Released last October, the bittersweet song details Langley's suspicions that her boyfriend is about to run off with another woman.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“So do you mean we’ve just run off with someone’s ring?”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024

Whose baby was it, and why on Earth did the parents think it was safe for a con artist to run off with such precious cargo?

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023

But Hakan Akbas, managing director of Strategic Advisory Services, an Istanbul-based political advisory, said Erdogan seemed to be on track to achieve what he was hoping: a run off with Kilicdaroglu.

From Reuters ● May 11, 2023

There are complaints about motorboats, gossip about the owner of the general store, whose wife has run off with another man and is seeking a divorce.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

run off with

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