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"text": "As soon as he saw me, he turned around and made off down the road.",
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"ref": "1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities",
"text": "[H]e was so frightened, being new to the sight, that he made off again, and never stopped until he had run a mile or more.",
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{
"ref": "2019 September 14, “Extinction Rebellion co-founder arrested at Heathrow protest”, in The Guardian",
"text": "But the Metropolitan police said while they attempted to arrest a man in Hornsey, north London, “he made off from them on foot”.",
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"To exit or depart; to run away."
],
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"(intransitive) To exit or depart; to run away."
],
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},
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"_dis1": "93 7",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "fugir"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "fuir"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "sich davonmachen"
},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "sich aus dem Staub machen"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "fuggire"
},
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"sense": "to run away; to exit",
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"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "fugir"
},
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"roman": "ubegátʹ",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "убега́ть"
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"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "huir"
},
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"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "ge sig i väg"
},
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "smita"
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"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "make off with"
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"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "make off without payment"
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"ref": "1958, Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 49",
"text": "The object of good end-box technique is to make off the cable in a manner which resists ingress of air, moisture and cable box compound into the cable with as little interference with the lay and structure of the cable as possible.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, FCS Electrical Systems and Construction L2",
"text": "Make off the cable ends in metal glands.",
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},
{
"ref": "2014, Ralph Naranjo, The Art of Seamanship",
"text": "If the fairlead (a cleat, chock, or genoa car to make off the line on) is located amidships...",
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"To tie off, fix down or terminate the end of a rope, cable or thread."
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"word": "make off without payment"
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},
{
"ref": "2019 September 14, “Extinction Rebellion co-founder arrested at Heathrow protest”, in The Guardian",
"text": "But the Metropolitan police said while they attempted to arrest a man in Hornsey, north London, “he made off from them on foot”.",
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"(intransitive) To exit or depart; to run away."
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007, FCS Electrical Systems and Construction L2",
"text": "Make off the cable ends in metal glands.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Ralph Naranjo, The Art of Seamanship",
"text": "If the fairlead (a cleat, chock, or genoa car to make off the line on) is located amidships...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To tie off, fix down or terminate the end of a rope, cable or thread."
],
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],
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},
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"translations": [
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "fugir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "fuir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "sich davonmachen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "sich aus dem Staub machen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "fuggire"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "avitrer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "fugir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ubegátʹ",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "убега́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "huir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "ge sig i väg"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"word": "smita"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to run away; to exit",
"tags": [
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"word": "sjappa"
}
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"word": "make off"
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