make off with

verb

To steal (something) and flee.

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Meanings

verbmake off with (third-person singular simple present makes off with, present participle making off with, simple past and past participle made off with)

present singular third person makes off with · participle present making off with · participle past made off with · past made off with

  1. transitiveTo steal (something) and flee.

    "Supposing now that some of them were to slip into the boat at night and cut the cable, and make off with her? That would be a pretty go, that would."

    1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  2. To run away together with someone.
  3. transitiveTo capture (someone) and flee.

    "Gaston: The Beast will make off with your children! He'll come after them in the night!"

    1991, Horward Ashman, The Mob Song - Beauty and the Beast

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
make away withrun offsteal

Translations

German sich davonmachen mit, sich aus dem Staub machen mit
  • sich davonmachen mitsteal something and flee
  • sich aus dem Staub machen mitsteal something and flee
  • sich davonmachen mitrun away together with someone
  • sich aus dem Staub machen mitrun away together with someone
  • sich davonmachen mitcapture someone and flee
  • sich aus dem Staub machen mitcapture someone and flee
Spanish arramblar, arranchar
  • arramblarsteal something and flee
  • arrancharsteal something and flee
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “make off with,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/make%20off%20with.

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