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running off with

running off with is the present participle and gerund of run off with.

Meaning of run off with

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To steal or abscond with.
    • He ran off with my wallet.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To elope; to leave with (someone) with the intention of living with them or marrying them.
    • The chief accountant has run off with his secretary!

Questions about running off with

What is running off with the present participle and gerund of?
Running off with is the present participle and gerund of run off with.

Words near running off with in the dictionary

  1. running off
  2. running off at the mouth
  3. running off on
  4. running off one's mouth
  5. running off the tongue
  6. running off with
  7. running on
  8. running on empty
  9. running on fumes
  10. running one on
  11. running one's face

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running off with (page history and authors); run off with (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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