run off

run off
[ʹrʌnʹɒf] phr v
1. 1) убегать, удирать

to run off with cash - сбежать с наличными деньгами

the boys ran off - мальчишки убежали

the man ran off with my bags - этот человек сбежал с моими чемоданами

2) (with) сбежать (с женихом); выйти замуж уходом

she has run off with her music teacher - она сбежала с учителем музыки

2. отцеживать; спускать (жидкость)

to run off the bath water - спустить воду из ванны

get the garage to run the oil off - скажи в гараже, чтобы слили масло

at melting point the metal runs off as a liquid - достигнув точки плавления, металл течёт как жидкость

3. строчить (стихи и т. п.)

to run off an article - настрочить статейку

4. бегло, бойко декламировать, читать

to run off a list of names - отбарабанить список фамилий

5. печатать (тираж издания, количество экземпляров)

to run off a hundred copies on a mimeograph - отпечатать сто экземпляров на ротаторе

the machine runs off eighty copies a minute - эта машина печатает восемьдесят экземпляров в минуту

6. спорт.
1) проводить предварительные забеги (для решения исхода скачек)

they ran off the preliminary heats - они решили исход скачек после предварительных заездов

2) решать исход соревнования и т. п. при помощи дополнительного времени
7. (with) увлекать

the subject has run off with you - ты слишком увлёкся темой

8. выгонять, выставлять (непрошеных гостей и т. п.)

♢ to run smb.'s feet off - амер. утомить, вымотать, измочалить кого-л.

I would not recommend that anyone work at that place; they run your feet off - никому не советую работать у них, они любого загоняют

with going from one department to another I've had my feet run off - я сбился с ног, бегая из одного отдела в другой


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  • run off — ► run off 1) produce (a copy) on a machine. 2) write or recite quickly and with little effort. Main Entry: ↑run …   English terms dictionary

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  • run-off — A year of account of a Lloyd s syndicate which has been left open, at the discretion of the managing agent after the date at which that account would normally have been closed by reinsurance. This normally arises when there are significant… …   Law dictionary

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