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run off with

To leave with someone with the intention of living with them or marrying them. Usually in secret because other people think it is wrong.
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The chief accountant has run off with his secretary!

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Submitted on September 02, 2012

Modified on April 25, 2023

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run off withTo steal or abscond.
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