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    MAKE OFF

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody alongplay

    Example:

    the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe

    Synonyms:

    abscond; absquatulate; bolt; decamp; go off; make off; run off

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "make off" is one way to...):

    flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "make off"):

    levant (run off without paying a debt)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP

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