Lexic.us

Definition of Run off

1. Verb. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along. "The accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

2. Verb. Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry. "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

3. Verb. Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings. "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

4. Verb. Run away secretly with one's beloved. "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"

5. Verb. Run off as waste. "The water wastes back into the ocean"

6. Verb. Reproduce by xerography.

7. Verb. Decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff.

Definition of Run off

1. Verb. To flee or depart quickly. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To make photocopies, or print. ¹

3. Verb. (idiomatic) To write something quickly. ¹

4. Verb. (of a liquid) To pour or spill off or over. ¹

5. Verb. To leave someone without prior advice. ¹

6. Verb. To chase someone away. ¹

7. Verb. To operate by a particular energy source. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Run Off

run for one's money run for the hills run for the roses run hot and cold run in run in the family run interference run into run into the ground run like a top

run like the wind run low run of house run of play run of the mill run off (current term) run off at the mouth run off with run on run on fumes

run oneself ragged run out run out of steam run out on run out the clock run outs run over run o’ the mill run rampant run rate

Literary usage of Run off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"The writer believes that the data available for computing run-off from precipitation ... His opinion is based on measurements of run-off and a study of the ..."

2. Biennial Report by Nebraska Roads and Irrigation Dept (1906)
"Rainfall Run-off Per cent Rainfall Run-oft of Rainfall Per cent of Rainfall ... 11.0 Ten Year Rainfall I 2.881 3.1S Run-off .290 .310 Per cent of Rainfall ..."

3. Water Resources, Present and Future Uses by Frederick Haynes Newell (1920)
"CHAPTER VI RUN-OFF The term "run-off'" has come into common use to designate the water which flows from the surface of the ground in rills, uniting to form ..."

4. Water Resources, Present and Future Uses by Frederick Haynes Newell (1920)
"The question as to the relation between the rainfall and the run-off is one which ... Many efforts have been made to express the run-off as a percentage or ..."

5. Water Resources, Present and Future Uses by Frederick Haynes Newell (1920)
"The question as to the relation between the rainfall and the run-off is one which ... Many efforts have been made to express the run-off as a percentage or ..."

6. Water Power Engineering: The Theory, Investigation and Development of Water by Daniel Webster Mead (1908)
"RUN-OFF. 87. Run-Off.—That portion of the rainfall that is not absorbed by the strata, utilized by vegetation or lost by evaporation, finds its way into ..."

7. Engineering Geology: By Heinrich Ries and Thomas L. Watson by Heinrich Ries, Thomas Leonard Watson (1914)
"STREAM FLOW Rainfall and run-off. — The amount of rain which normally falls in any ... The amount of run-off is affected by: (1) Amount and intensity of ..."

8. The Conservation of Natural Resources in the United States by Charles Richard Van Hise (1918)
"THE RUN-OFF The annual run-off of the United States is about ... This run-off is available for the following purposes: — 1st, for water supply; 2d, ..."

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