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make off (third-person singular simple present makes off, present participle making off, simple past and past participle made off)
- (intransitive) To exit or depart; to run away.
- Synonyms: flee, run away
As soon as he saw me, he turned around and made off down the road.
1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:[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.
2019 September 14, “Extinction Rebellion co-founder arrested at Heathrow protest”, in The Guardian:But the Metropolitan police said while they attempted to arrest a man in Hornsey, north London, “he made off from them on foot”.
- To tie off, fix down or terminate the end of a rope, cable or thread.
1958, Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 49: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.
2007, FCS Electrical Systems and Construction L2, →ISBN:Make off the cable ends in metal glands.
2014, Ralph Naranjo, The Art of Seamanship, →ISBN:If the fairlead (a cleat, chock, or genoa car to make off the line on) is located amidships...
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