make off with

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Verb

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make off with (third-person singular simple present makes off with, present participle making off with, simple past and past participle made off with)

  1. (transitive) To steal (something) and flee.
  2. To run away together with someone.
  3. (transitive) To capture (someone) and flee.
    • 1991, Horward Ashman, The Mob Song - Beauty and the Beast[1]:
      "Gaston: The Beast will make off with your children! He'll come after them in the night!"

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