make off
[verb]
Synonyms:
- flee, bolt, clear out (informal), run away or off, take to one's heels
- make off with: steal, abduct, carry off, filch, kidnap, nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), pinch (informal), run away or off with

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Related Words: depart, go, leave, quit, retire, withdraw, abscond, decamp, escape

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

make off phrasal verb (see also make)
to leave quickly, especially in order to escape:
The men made off as the police arrived.
make off along/across/through etc
The getaway car made off towards Horrocks Avenue.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

make off
v. To go away; run away; leave.
When the deer saw the hunter it made off at once.
A thief stopped John on a dark street and made off with his wallet.
Compare: TAKE OFF.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲