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making off with

making off with is the present participle and gerund 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 making off with

What is making off with the present participle and gerund of?
Making off with is the present participle and gerund of make off with.

Words near making off with in the dictionary

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

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