run off with

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run off with (third-person singular simple present runs off with, present participle running off with, simple past ran off with, past participle run off with)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To steal or abscond with.
    He ran off with my wallet.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To elope; to leave with (someone) with the intention of living with them or marrying them.
    The chief accountant has run off with his secretary!
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