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run off with

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

Example Sentences

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"He'd gone into the park and these three lads had run off with it and left him, the poor lad."

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

Rameau said there is no chance she would run off with a stranger, and never told her friend that night she had met someone.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 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

Women did not leave their husbands, and they certainly did not run off with their husbands' nephews.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi