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Make off   /meɪk ɔf/   Listen
verb
Make  v. i.  (past & past part. made; pres. part. making)  
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.) "A scurvy, jack-a-nape priest to meddle or make."
2.
To proceed; to tend; to move; to go; as, he made toward home; the tiger made at the sportsmen. Note: Formerly, authors used to make on, to make forth, to make about; but these phrases are obsolete. We now say, to make at, to make away, to make for, to make off, to make toward, etc.
3.
To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against; as, it makes for his advantage. "Follow after the things which make for peace." "Considerations infinite Do make against it."
4.
To increase; to augment; to accrue.
5.
To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify. (Archaic) "To solace him some time, as I do when I make."
To make as if, or To make as though, to pretend that; to make show that; to make believe (see under Make, v. t.). "Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled." "My lord of London maketh as though he were greatly displeased with me."
To make at, to go toward hastily, or in a hostile manner; to attack.
To make away with.
(a)
To carry off.
(b)
To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate.
(c)
To kill; to destroy.
To make off, to go away suddenly.
To make out
(a)
to succeed; to manage oneself; to be able at last; to make shift; as, he made out to reconcile the contending parties; after the earthquake they made out all right.
(b)
to engage in fond caresses; to hug and kiss; to neck; of courting couples or individuals (for individuals, used with with); as, they made out on a bench in the park; he was making out with the waitress in the kitchen (informal)
To make up, to become reconciled or friendly.
To make up for, to compensate for; to supply an equivalent for.
To make up to.
(a)
To approach; as, a suspicious boat made up to us.
(b)
To pay addresses to; to make love to.
To make up with, to become reconciled to. (Colloq.)
To make with, to concur or agree with.






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"Make off" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mrs. Budd and Biddy. A hint sufficed for them, and gathering together a few necessaries they were in the yawl in the next three minutes. This movement was unseen by Spike, or he might have prevented it. His eyes were now riveted on the channel ahead. It had been fully his original intention to make off in the boat, the instant the brig struck, abandoning not only Don Juan, with Mrs. Budd and Biddy to their fates, but most of the crew. A private order had been given to the boatswain, and three of the ablest-bodied among the ...
— Jack Tier or The Florida Reef • James Fenimore Cooper

... light—bride—maiden-widow—roses and myrtle-leaves? Do you want to make a fool of me, you fearful woman, till some insane attempt hurries me to destruction? You shall have a new hood—bread—sequins—all that you want, but leave me alone." And he was about to make off hastily; but the old woman caught him by the mantle, and cried in a shrill piercing voice, "Tonino, my Tonino, do take a good look at me for once, or else I must go to the very edge of the Square yonder and in despair throw myself over into the sea." In order to avoid attracting more ...
— Weird Tales, Vol. II. • E. T. A. Hoffmann

... Seaforth yielded to their request, and sent immediately in all haste for his Highlanders, crossed the ferry of Kessock, and marched straight with the rest of his forces to Auldearn, where Montrose had his camp; but the Moray men found themselves mistaken in thinking the Marquis would make off, for he was not only resolved but glad of the opportunity to fight them before Baillie, whom he knew was on his march north with considerable forces, could join General Hurry, and so drawing up his men with great advantage of ground he placed Alexander Macdonald, with the ...
— History Of The Mackenzies • Alexander Mackenzie

... to make off when Hendrik fired. There was no apparent interruption to its flight, and Hendrik was under the impression that his shot had missed. He was soon undeceived, however, by hearing the animal fall to the earth with a dull heavy sound, ...
— The Giraffe Hunters • Mayne Reid

... and obtaining the toll on them. But Sunderland either had no King, or had two just at that time, and Father Copeland handed Master Groot a sum which might bribe one or both; while it was to the interest of the captain to make off without ...
— Grisly Grisell • Charlotte M. Yonge


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