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ran off on

ran off on is the simple past of run off on.

Meaning of run off on

Verb

run off on (third-person singular simple present runs off on, present participle running off on, simple past ran off on, past participle run off on)

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) To suddenly or ferociously attack (someone), usually physically.
  2. Synonym of run out on.
    Synonyms:
    run out on

Questions about ran off on

What is ran off on the simple past of?
Ran off on is the simple past of run off on.

Words near ran off on in the dictionary

  1. ran low
  2. ran mad
  3. ran nowhere
  4. ran off
  5. ran off at the mouth
  6. ran off on
  7. ran off one's mouth
  8. ran off the tongue
  9. ran off with
  10. ran on
  11. ran on empty

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ran off on (page history and authors); run off on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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