- make off with
- TAKE, steal, purloin, pilfer, abscond with, run away/off with, carry off, snatch; kidnap, abduct; informal walk away/off with, swipe, filch, snaffle, nab, lift, ‘liberate’, ‘borrow’, snitch; Brit. informal pinch, half-inch, nick, whip, knock off; N. Amer. informal heist, glom.→ make
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phrasal: to take away : carry offmade off with first prize
made off with the whole herd of cattle
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ˌmake ˈoff with [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they make off with he/she/it makes off with present participle making with past tense made off with past participle made off with] phrasal verbto escape with something, especially something stolenThey made off with our television and our stereo.
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carry (something) away illicitlyburglars made off with all their wedding presents
Useful english dictionary. 2012.