make off

verb

made off; making off; makes off

intransitive verb

: to leave in haste
Phrases
make off with
: to take away
especially : grab, steal

Examples of make off in a Sentence

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The couple estimated the crooks made off with $1,105,000 in loot. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2025 For the past 20 years, the renowned security expert has been trying to crack the biggest, unsolved art heist in history at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, when two thieves made off with more than $500 million worth of masterpieces in 1990. Kc Baker, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025 The suspects made off with jewelry and firearms in two vehicles — a black BMW sedan and a yellow Lamborghini Urus, the station reported. Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2025 Police officers responded to Patriot Fuels at 719 Boston Post Road on Feb. 21 on the report of an armed robbery and learned that a man wearing blue surgical gloves and a surgical mask had just allegedly made off with about $3,000, according to the Milford Police Department. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for make off

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1680, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of make off was circa 1680

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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20off. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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