"make off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌmeɪk ˈɒf/ Audio: En-us-make off.oga Forms: makes off [present, singular, third-person], making off [participle, present], made off [participle, past], made off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> off}} make off (third-person singular simple present makes off, present participle making off, simple past and past participle made off)
  1. (intransitive) To exit or depart; to run away. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: flee, run away Translations (to run away; to exit): fugir (Catalan), fuir (French), sich davonmachen (German), sich aus dem Staub machen (German), fuggire (Italian), avitrer (Norman), fugir (Portuguese), убега́ть (ubegátʹ) (Russian), huir (Spanish), ge sig i väg (Swedish), smita (Swedish), sjappa [slang] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-make_off-en-verb-hexhucZr Disambiguation of 'to run away; to exit': 93 7
  2. To tie off, fix down or terminate the end of a rope, cable or thread. Derived forms: make off with, make off without payment
    Sense id: en-make_off-en-verb-Wp90-L8p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 82

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Make off the cable ends in metal glands.",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to run away; to exit",
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