See run off on Wiktionary
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"audio": "En-au-run off.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/85/En-au-run_off.ogg/En-au-run_off.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/En-au-run_off.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to leave or depart quickly",
"word": "lähteä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to leave or depart quickly",
"word": "karata"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"lang_code": "grc",
"roman": "apotrékhō",
"sense": "to leave or depart quickly",
"word": "ἀποτρέχω"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "to leave or depart quickly",
"word": "teith"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ubegátʹ",
"sense": "to leave or depart quickly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "убега́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "ubežátʹ",
"sense": "to leave or depart quickly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "убежа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "udirátʹ",
"sense": "to leave or depart quickly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "удира́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "udrátʹ",
"sense": "to leave or depart quickly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "удра́ть"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to chase someone away",
"word": "ajaa pois"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to chase someone away",
"word": "häätää"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "progonjátʹ",
"sense": "to chase someone away",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прогоня́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "prognátʹ",
"sense": "to chase someone away",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "прогна́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "to chase someone away",
"word": "echar"
}
],
"word": "run off"
}
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