make off with

English

Verb

make off with (third-person singular simple present makes off with, present participle making off with, simple past and past participle made off with)

1. (transitive) To steal (something) and flee.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     "Supposing now that some of them were to slip into the boat at night and cut the cable, and make off with her? That would be a pretty go, that would."

2. To run away together with someone.
3. (transitive) To capture (someone) and flee.
   • 1991, Horward Ashman, The Mob Song - Beauty and the Beast‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 July 2026:

     "Gaston: The Beast will make off with your children! He'll come after them in the night!"

Translations

steal something and flee

• German: sich davonmachen mit, sich aus dem Staub machen mit
• Spanish: arramblar (es), arranchar (es)

run away together with someone

• German: sich davonmachen mit, sich aus dem Staub machen mit

capture someone and flee

• German: sich davonmachen mit, sich aus dem Staub machen mit

See also

• make off