RUN OFF WITH (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)


Meaning of RUN OFF WITH (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) in English

run off with somebody/something phrasal verb informal ( see also ↑ run )

1 . to secretly go away with someone in order to marry them or live with them – used to show disapproval:

Liz shocked us all by running off with a married man.

2 . to steal something and go away:

a con-man who makes a habit of running off with people’s savings

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.