- make off with
- take away, take without permission
The boys made off with his toys. They took all his cars and trucks.
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make off with
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make off with — ► make off with carry away illicitly. Main Entry: ↑make … English terms dictionary
make off with — index carry away, despoil, hijack, hold up (rob), loot, pilfer, poach Burton s Legal Thesaurus … Law dictionary
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; … Useful english dictionary
make off with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms make off with : 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 make off with something to escape with… … English 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 something — ˌmake ˈoff with sth derived to steal sth and hurry away with it Main entry: ↑makederived … Useful english dictionary
make off with — they made off with all the wedding gifts Syn: take, steal, purloin, pilfer, abscond with, run away/off with, carry off, snatch; kidnap, abduct; informal walk away/off with, swipe, filch, nab, lift, liberate , borrow , snitch, pinch; … Thesaurus of popular words
ˌmake ˈoff with sth — phrasal verb to leave with something that you have stolen They made off with our television.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
make off with — 1. Take away, carry off. 2. Steal, pilfer, filch, purloin, cabbage … New dictionary of synonyms
