run off

Word family nounrunletrunnerrunaboutrunaroundrunawayrunbackrunflatrunner-uprunning costsrunning materunning repairsrunning timerunwayadjectiverunnablerunningrunnyadverbrunninglyverbrun

Examples from the Corpus

run off at the mouth• That never used to be a fault of his, running off at the mouth.• To what smug labors and running off at the mouth!• Boyd seems to enjoy running off at the mouth to the press.

Related topics: Voting, Geography

ˈrun-off noun

1. [countableC]PPV a second competition or election that is arranged when there is no clear winner of the first one 〔比赛打平后的〕重赛；〔得票相同者之间的〕决胜选举 → play-off, → run off at run1

2. [uncountableU] technicalSGLIQUID rain or other liquid that flows off the land into rivers 径流，溢流〔指流入河流中的雨水或其他液体〕

Examples from the Corpus

run-off• a run-off election• Noir and Dubernard both won the second-round run-offs.• The Piedmontese plain is well watered by the run-off from the Alps.• Rivers have been polluted by chlorine, phenol and detergent, together with run-offs resulting from the over-application of pesticides on farmland.

From Longman Business Dictionary

run something → off phrasal verbphr v [transitiveT]

1to quickly print several copies of something

Can you run off a couple of copies of this report?

2be run off your feet to be very busy

It was just before Christmas and all the sales staff were run off their feet.

→ run

词汇	run off
释义	run off Word family nounrunletrunnerrunaboutrunaroundrunawayrunbackrunflatrunner-uprunning costsrunning materunning repairsrunning timerunwayadjectiverunnablerunningrunnyadverbrunninglyverbrun Examples from the Corpus run off at the mouth• That never used to be a fault of his, running off at the mouth.• To what smug labors and running off at the mouth!• Boyd seems to enjoy running off at the mouth to the press. Related topics: Voting, Geography ˈrun-off noun 1. [countableC]PPV a second competition or election that is arranged when there is no clear winner of the first one 〔比赛打平后的〕重赛；〔得票相同者之间的〕决胜选举 → play-off, → run off at run1 2. [uncountableU] technicalSGLIQUID rain or other liquid that flows off the land into rivers 径流，溢流〔指流入河流中的雨水或其他液体〕 Examples from the Corpus run-off• a run-off election• Noir and Dubernard both won the second-round run-offs.• The Piedmontese plain is well watered by the run-off from the Alps.• Rivers have been polluted by chlorine, phenol and detergent, together with run-offs resulting from the over-application of pesticides on farmland. From Longman Business Dictionary run something → off phrasal verbphr v [transitiveT] 1to quickly print several copies of something Can you run off a couple of copies of this report? 2be run off your feet to be very busy It was just before Christmas and all the sales staff were run off their feet. → run
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