make off with

make off with
make off with carry away illicitly.
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  • make off with — index carry away, despoil, hijack, hold up (rob), loot, pilfer, poach Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

  • make off with — PHRASAL VERB If you make off with something, you steal it and take it away with you. [V P P n] Masked robbers broke in and made off with $8,000 …   English dictionary

  • make off with — phr verb Make off with is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑robber, ↑thief …   Collocations dictionary

  • make off with — take away, take without permission    The boys made off with his toys. They took all his cars and trucks …   English idioms

  • make off with — 1. Take away, carry off. 2. Steal, pilfer, filch, purloin, cabbage …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • make off with — carry away illicitly. → make …   English new terms dictionary

  • make off with —    to steal    Standard English. It is never your own property, or wife, that you take with you …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • make away with — another way of saying make off with. ↘ kill (someone). → make …   English new terms dictionary

  • make off with — phrasal to take away; especially grab, steal …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • make off with — verb to steal something and run …   Wiktionary

  • make off with — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. abduct, rob, kiDNAp; see steal …   English dictionary for students

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