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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]
Weitere Synonyme von run off
run
COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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.
COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Häufigkeit

run off in American

1.  US
to print, typewrite, make copies of, etc.
2. 
to cause to be run, performed, played, etc.
3. 
to decide the winner of (a race, etc.) by a runoff
4. 
to drive (animals, trespassers, etc.) off or away
5. 
to flow off; drain
6. 
run away
run
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Häufigkeit

run off in British

Verb (adverb)
1. (intransitive)
to depart in haste
2. (transitive)
to produce quickly, as copies on a duplicating machine
3. 
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
8. 
a. 
an extra race to decide the winner after a tie
b. 
a contest or election held after a previous one has failed to produce a clear victory for any one person
9. 
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
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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.
See also agricultural run-off
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Häufigkeit

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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Beispielsätze, die run off enthalten

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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)

Trends von run off

Manchmal verwendet. run off ist eines der 30.000 am häufigsten verwendeten Wörter im Collins Wörterbuch

Verwendung in:

Nahe Wörter von run off

  • run into the ground
  • run its course
  • run of the mill
  • run off
  • run off at the mouth
  • run off with
  • run on

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Verwandte Begriffe von run off

  • run off with
  • agricultural run-off
  • be run off one's feet
  • run off at the mouth

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