run off with
Example Sentences
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"He'd gone into the park and these three lads had run off with it and left him, the poor lad."
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024
Whose baby was it, and why on Earth did the parents think it was safe for a con artist to run off with such precious cargo?
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2023
But Hakan Akbas, managing director of Strategic Advisory Services, an Istanbul-based political advisory, said Erdogan seemed to be on track to achieve what he was hoping: a run off with Kilicdaroglu.
From Reuters • May 11, 2023
After Josephine’s death in 1978, Laurence revealed that in 1920, at the height of McCarthy’s success, his mother had run off with another man.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022
“It never is, is it? In any case, we don’t even know what’s happened. She’s probably fine. She’s probably run off with someone.”
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
