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  • verb To flee or depart quickly.
  • verb idiomatic To make photocopies, or print.
  • verb idiomatic To write something quickly.
  • verb of a liquid To pour or spill off or over.
  • verb To leave someone without prior advice.
  • verb To chase someone away.
  • verb To operate by a particular energy source.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
  • verb reproduce by xerography
  • verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
  • verb run off as waste
  • verb leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
  • verb run away secretly with one's beloved
  • verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings

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