runs off

Bolts from scene

Runs off means to leave quickly, often unexpectedly or irresponsibly: He runs off whenever things get difficult.

Someone who runs off with another person elopes or abandons their partner: She ran off with her personal trainer.

In printing and copying, to run off copies is to produce them: Run off fifty flyers for the event.

Water or liquid that runs off flows away from a surface rather than being absorbed.

abandons

deserts

Abandons or barren lands

  • leavesTree's photosynthetic organs
  • forsakesRenounces or abandons entirely
  • jiltsSuddenly abandons romantically

ditches · walks out · strands · neglects · discards · rejects · disowns · defects · dumps · ghosts

diverts

channels

Paths for transmission

  • drainsPipes removing wastewater
  • siphonsMoves fluid via suction
  • pipesCylindrical fluid carriers

redirects · trickles · spills · overflows · empties · discharges · leaks · seeps

prints

copies

Makes identical versions

prints · photocopies · mimeographs · cranks out · mass-produces · outputs · generates

flees

bolts

Threaded metal fasteners

skedaddles · hightails · decamps · gets away · scampers · scurries · vanishes · disappears · slips away · breaks free

scares away

drives away

Forces to leave

  • repelsDrives back, resists
  • detersDiscourages through intimidation
  • shoosDrives off pests

disperses · scatters · routs · forces out · intimidates

Opposites
physical departure vs. remaining

runs offstays put

Remains in place

remains · stays · sticks around · comes back · returns

fleeing/escaping vs. approaching/confronting

runs offstands one's ground

confronts · faces · approaches · advances · comes back

liquid drainage vs. containment

runs offabsorbs

Takes in fully

percolates · pools · collects · infiltrates · sinks in

Family

run, runs, running, runner, runners, runoff, runoffs, off, offing

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G