run off

run off
1. intransitive verb
see academic.ru/63476/run_away">run away 1), 3)
2. transitive verb
1) (compose rapidly) hinwerfen [ein paar Zeilen, Verse, Notizen]; zu Papier bringen [Brief]
2) (produce on machine) abziehen [Kopien, Handzettel usw.]
3) (cause to drain away) ablaufen lassen
* * *
1) (to print or copy: I want 500 copies run off at once.) abziehen
2) ((with with) to steal or take away: He ran off with my wife.) durchbrennen
* * *
◆ run off
I. vi
1. (fam: leave) abhauen fam
▪ to \run off off with sb/sth mit jdm/etw durchbrennen fam
my partner's \run off off with all the cash mein Partner hat sich mit dem ganzen Geld aus dem Staub gemacht
2. (break off) path, track abbiegen
do you see that narrow path up there that \run offs off to the left? siehst du den schmalen Weg da oben, der nach links abgeht [o ÖSTERR wegführt]?
3. (drain) liquid ablassen
to let excess rainwater \run off off überflüssiges Regenwasser ablaufen lassen
II. vt
1. (produce)
▪ to \run off off ⇆ sth [for sb] etw [für jdn] machen
to \run off off a copy eine Kopie herunterziehen
2. (lose weight)
to \run off off ⇆ one's pounds seine Pfunde [durch Laufen] abtrainieren
* * *
run off
A v/i
1. → run away
2. herunterfahren oder -laufen von:
the car ran off the road der Wagen kam von der Straße ab; → rail1 A 4
3. ablaufen, abfließen
4. WIRTSCH ablaufen, fällig werden (Wechsel etc)
B v/t
1. etwas hinhauen umg, schnell erledigen
2. ein Gedicht etc herunterrasseln
3. ablaufen lassen
4. TYPO abdrucken, abziehen
5. ein Rennen etc
a) starten
b) austragen
6. davonjagen
7. → foot A 1
* * *
1. intransitive verb
see run away 1), 3)
2. transitive verb
1) (compose rapidly) hinwerfen [ein paar Zeilen, Verse, Notizen]; zu Papier bringen [Brief]
2) (produce on machine) abziehen [Kopien, Handzettel usw.]
3) (cause to drain away) ablaufen lassen

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