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run off
Found in thesaurus: take flight, fly, flee, go forth, leave, go away, move, displace, run, feed, course, flow, reproduce, contend, vie, compete
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run off
v.
escape; print, make copies; produce quickly; drive away, expel; hold an additional race to determine the winner after an unclear previous match
ran off
v.
fled, escaped, took to his heels
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Runoff
Runoff, run-off or RUNOFF may refer to:
Runoff / run-off / RUNOFF
- Runoff (program), the Multics operating system type-setting program
- Runoff or run-off, another name for bleed (printing), printing that lies beyond the edges to which a printed sheet is trimmed
- Runoff or run-off, a stock market term
- RUNOFF, the first computer text-formatting program
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TYPSET and RUNOFF
RUNOFF was the first computer text formatting program to see significant use. It was written in 1964 for the CTSS operating system by Jerome H. Saltzer in MAD and FAP.
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run off
Verb
1. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
(synonym) abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, go off
(hypernym) flee, fly, take flight
(hyponym) levant
2. leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
(synonym) run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off
(hypernym) leave, go forth, go away
3. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
(synonym) chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) frighten
(verb-group) rout out, drive out, force out, rouse
4. run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"
(synonym) elope
(hypernym) flee, fly, take flight
5. run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
(synonym) waste
(hypernym) run, flow, feed, course
(derivation) overflow, runoff, overspill
6. reproduce by xerography
(synonym) photocopy, xerox
(hypernym) reproduce
(hyponym) microcopy
7. decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
(hypernym) compete, vie, contend
(derivation) runoff
(classification) game
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run-off
rozhodující utkání; přívalová voda, dešťová voda odtékající do řek
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Run Off
(See also Runoff) That portion of the precipitation that flows over the land surface and ultimately reaches streams to complete the water cycle. Melting snow is an important source of this water as well as all amounts of surface water that move to streams or rivers through any given area of a drainage basin. (DOE5)
