Definition von run off

Häufigkeit

run off

1. Partikelverb

If you run off with someone, you secretly go away with them in order to live with them or marry them.

The last thing I'm going to do is run off with somebody's husband. [VERB PARTICLE + with]

We could run off together, but neither of us wants to live the rest of our lives abroad. [V P together]

2. Partikelverb

If you run off copies of a piece of writing, you produce them using a machine.

If you want to run off a copy sometime today, you're welcome to. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

[Also V n P n]

See Thesaurus for run off

run

Häufigkeit

run-off

also runoff

Wortformen:plural run-offs

1. zählbares Substantiv [usually singular]

A run-off is an extra vote or contest which is held in order to decide the winner of an election or competition, because no-one has yet clearly won.

There will be a run-off between these two candidates on December 9th. [+ between]

He had failed to make the line-up for the European Championships after losing a run-off with Marlon Devonish.

...next month's presidential runoff election.

2. unzählbares Substantiv

Run-off is rainwater that forms a stream rather than being absorbed by the ground.

The sewers collected sewage and storm runoff and discharged it, untreated, into the harbour.

...runoff water flashing down a gully.

Häufigkeit

run off in American

1. US

to print, typewrite, make copies of, etc.

to cause to be run, performed, played, etc.

to decide the winner of (a race, etc.) by a runoff

to drive (animals, trespassers, etc.) off or away

to flow off; drain

run away

run

Häufigkeit

run off in British

Verb (adverb)

1. (intransitive)

to depart in haste

2. (transitive)

to produce quickly, as copies on a duplicating machine

to drain (liquid) or (of liquid) to be drained

4. (transitive)

to decide (a race) by a runoff

5. (transitive)

to get rid of (weight, etc) by running

6. (intransitive)

(of a flow of liquid) to begin to dry up; cease to run

7. run off with

Substantiv runoff, run-off

an extra race to decide the winner after a tie

a contest or election held after a previous one has failed to produce a clear victory for any one person

that portion of rainfall that runs into streams as surface water rather than being absorbed into ground water or evaporating

10.

the overflow of a liquid from a container

11. New Zealand

grazing land for store cattle

Häufigkeit

run-off in British

(ˈrʌnɒf)

Substantiv

1. politics

an extra vote which is held in order to decide the winner of an election, because no-one has yet clearly won

next month's presidential runoff election

a run-off between two candidates

There will be a run-off between these two candidates on December 9th.

2. sport

an extra contest which is held in order to decide the winner of a competition, because no-one has yet clearly won

He claimed the title in a run-off.

He claimed the title after beating the American Sean Moran in a run-off at Bradford.

3. meteorology

rainwater that forms a stream rather than being absorbed by the ground

storm run-off

The sewers collected sewage and storm run-off and discharged it, untreated, into the harbour.

run-off in Insurance

(rʌn ɔf)

Substantiv

(Insurance: General)

If an insurance company is in run-off, it no longer takes on new business but still meets its liabilities to existing policyholders.

COLLOCATIONS:

in ~

The company will elect whether the termination will be on a run-off basis or a clean-cut basis with an immediate settlement of all present and future obligations under this agreement.

This once large reinsurer ceased operations last year, and is now in run-off.

If an insurance company is in run-off, it no longer takes on new business but still meets its liabilities to existing policyholders.

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One day he taught him a song about a young woman who had run off to sea with a band of desperate pirates. O'Connor, Joe DESPERADOESWell, I've offered my assistance and more or less got told to run off and play with myself. Ruell, Patrick THE ONLY GAME

To add insult to injury, she had run off with the very pot she had cheated to give to Reno. Elizabeth Lowell ONLY YOU (1992)

At the end, after a series of run-off votes, Antony beat one of the local men by ten votes to six. Barnard, Robert POLITICAL SUICIDE (2001)