running off
Leaving in haste
Running off means leaving hastily or fleeing: The thief went running off down the alley.
It also describes making copies on a machine: She ran off fifty flyers for the event.
To run off at the mouth is to talk too much.
Running someone off is driving them away.
Running off with someone means eloping or absconding: He ran off with his secretary.
Departing secretly to evade
- escapingDeparting confinement hastily
- boltingDeparting at speed
- hightailingDeparting in haste
- skedaddlingDeparting quickly, informally
decamping · disappearing · vanishing · eluding · evading · sprinting · dashing · darting
Exceed capacity and spill
- leakingAllowing unintended escape
- spillingLiquid flowing over edges
- tricklingFlowing in thin stream
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
pouring · seeping · dripping · flowing · discharge · siphoning · gutters · diverting
Reproducing something exactly
- duplicatingCreating exact copies
- photocopyingReproducing documents mechanically
- printingReproducing text mechanically
- reproducingCreating copies or offspring
producing · generating · mass-producing · replicating · batch · proofs · galleys
Causing to leave
- shooingUrging something away
- repellingPushing away forcefully
- expellingForcing someone out
- oustingForcible removal from position
banishing · forcing out · deterring · dispersing · trespasser · intruder
absconding
Departing secretly to evade
- escapingDeparting confinement hastily
- boltingDeparting at speed
- hightailingDeparting in haste
skedaddling · decamping · disappearing · vanishing · eluding · evading · sprinting · dashing · darting · scampering
overflow
Exceed capacity and spill
streaming · pouring · seeping · dripping · flowing · discharge · siphoning · gutters · diverting · channeling
copying
Reproducing something exactly
- duplicatingCreating exact copies
- photocopyingReproducing documents mechanically
- printingReproducing text mechanically
reproducing · producing · generating · mass-producing · replicating · batch · proofs · galleys
driving away
Causing to leave
ousting · banishing · forcing out · deterring · dispersing · trespasser · intruder
- driving awayrepelling, banishing, forcing out, shooing, dispersing
- dramatic exitsdramatic exit, storming out, door slam, walkout, walking out
- goodbyesgoodbye, bye, bye-bye, see ya, byebye
running offstaying put
Remaining in place
remaining · standing still · coming back · returning · staying
running offstaying put
Remaining in place
sticking around · persevering · facing the music · committing · settling down