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makes off with

makes off with is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make off with.

Meaning of make off with

Verb

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.
    • "Supposing now that some of them were to slip into the boat at night and cut the cable, and make off with her? That would be a pretty go, that would."1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  2. To run away together with someone.
  3. (transitive) To capture (someone) and flee.
    • "Gaston: The Beast will make off with your children! He'll come after them in the night!"1991, Horward Ashman, The Mob Song - Beauty and the Beast

Questions about makes off with

What is makes off with the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes off with is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make off with.

Words near makes off with in the dictionary

  1. makes no odds
  2. makes no secret of
  3. makes noise
  4. makes of
  5. makes off
  6. makes off with
  7. makes off without payment
  8. makes one
  9. makes one's bed
  10. makes one's bed and lies in it
  11. makes one's bones

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