make off

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To exit or depart; to run away.
   • As soon as he saw me, he turned around and made off down the road.
   • [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.1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

   Synonyms:

   flee, run away

2. To tie off, fix down or terminate the end of a rope, cable or thread.
   • 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.1958, Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers, volume 49
   • Make off the cable ends in metal glands.2007, FCS Electrical Systems and Construction L2, →ISBN