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  • 111make off — verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along The thief made off with our silver the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe • Syn: ↑abscond, ↑bolt, ↑absquatulate, ↑decamp, ↑run off, ↑go off …

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  • 112To cut off — Cut Cut (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cutting}.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach …

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  • 113pull off — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you pull off something very difficult, you succeed in achieving it. [V P n (not pron)] The National League for Democracy pulled off a landslide victory... [V n P] It will be a very, very fine piece of mountaineering if they… …

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  • 114pull something off — ACHIEVE, fulfil, succeed in, accomplish, bring off, carry off, perform, discharge, complete, clinch, fix, effect, engineer. → pull * * * informal succeed in achieving or winning something difficult he pulled off a brilliant first round win * * *… …

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  • 115make off with — they made off with all the wedding gifts Syn: take, steal, purloin, pilfer, abscond with, run away/off with, carry off, snatch; kidnap, abduct; informal walk away/off with, swipe, filch, nab, lift, liberate , borrow , snitch, pinch; …

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  • 116To make off — Make Make (m[=a]k), v. i. 1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A scurvy, jack a nape priest to meddle or make. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To …

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  • 117pull off — they pulled off a daring crime Syn: achieve, fulfill, succeed in, accomplish, bring off, carry off, perform, discharge, complete, clinch, fix, effect, engineer …

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  • 118run off with — phrasal to carry off ; steal < ran off with the money > …

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  • 119take off — 1. Remove, divest one s self of. 2. Remove, take away, carry off. 3. Cut off. 4. Withdraw, withhold. 5. Destroy, kill. 6. Swallow, drink. 7. Imitate, personate, mimic. 8. Copy, reproduce. 9 …

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  • 120bring something off — Syn: achieve, accomplish, bring about, succeed in, pull off, carry off, manage …

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