Meaning of "make off" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF MAKE OFF

make off

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAKE OFF

Make off is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb make off in English.

WHAT DOES MAKE OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of make off in the English dictionary

The definition of make off in the dictionary is to go or run away in haste.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MAKE OFF

PRESENT

Present

I make off

you make off

he/she/it makes off

we make off

you make off

they make off

Present continuous

I am making off

you are making off

he/she/it is making off

we are making off

you are making off

they are making off

Present perfect

I have made off

you have made off

he/she/it has made off

we have made off

you have made off

they have made off

Present perfect continuous

I have been making off

you have been making off

he/she/it has been making off

we have been making off

you have been making off

they have been making off

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I made off

you made off

he/she/it made off

we made off

you made off

they made off

Past continuous

I was making off

you were making off

he/she/it was making off

we were making off

you were making off

they were making off

Past perfect

I had made off

you had made off

he/she/it had made off

we had made off

you had made off

they had made off

Past perfect continuous

I had been making off

you had been making off

he/she/it had been making off

we had been making off

you had been making off

they had been making off

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will make off

you will make off

he/she/it will make off

we will make off

you will make off

they will make off

Future continuous

I will be making off

you will be making off

he/she/it will be making off

we will be making off

you will be making off

they will be making off

Future perfect

I will have made off

you will have made off

he/she/it will have made off

we will have made off

you will have made off

they will have made off

Future perfect continuous

I will have been making off

you will have been making off

he/she/it will have been making off

we will have been making off

you will have been making off

they will have been making off

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would make off

you would make off

he/she/it would make off

we would make off

you would make off

they would make off

Conditional continuous

I would be making off

you would be making off

he/she/it would be making off

we would be making off

you would be making off

they would be making off

Conditional perfect

I would have make off

you would have make off

he/she/it would have make off

we would have make off

you would have make off

they would have make off

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been making off

you would have been making off

he/she/it would have been making off

we would have been making off

you would have been making off

they would have been making off

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you make off
we let´s make off
you make off

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to make off

Past participle

made off

Present Participle

making off

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «MAKE OFF»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «make off» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of make off

abscond · bolt · clear out · cut and run · decamp · do a runner · flee · fly · fly the coop · hook it · make away · run for it · skedaddle · take a powder

TRANSLATION OF MAKE OFF

Find out the translation of make off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of make off from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «make off» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 使关
• Translator English - Spanish: hacer fuera
• English: make off
• Translator English - Hindi: बंद करना
• Translator English - Arabic: جعل من
• Translator English - Russian: убежать
• Translator English - Portuguese: fazer off
• Translator English - Bengali: বন্ধ করুন
• Translator English - French: faire main basse
• Translator English - Malay: Berlepas
• Translator English - German: sich davonmachen
• Translator English - Japanese: オフにする
• Translator English - Korean: 오프 확인
• Translator English - Javanese: Nggawe mati
• Translator English - Vietnamese: chạy thoát
• Translator English - Tamil: செய்யுங்கள்
• Translator English - Marathi: बंद करा
• Translator English - Turkish: sıvışmak
• Translator English - Italian: fuggire
• Translator English - Polish: aby wyłączyć
• Translator English - Ukrainian: втекти
• Translator English - Romanian: face off
• Translator English - Greek: κάνει off
• Translator English - Afrikaans: maak uit
• Translator English - Swedish: göra off
• Translator English - Norwegian: gjøre av

QUOTES WITH «MAKE OFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word make off.

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Mickey Gilley

'Cause I can make more money going in and doing my recordings and selling them through my entities that I have, rather than going to a record co. and them release a record and pay me 5 percent of what they make off it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAKE OFF»

Discover the use of make off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to make off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Synonym Finder

26. make off run away or off, flee, take to one heels, make a quick exit, Inf. take off , Inf. clear ou Inf. make tracks, Inf. cut out, Inf. cut and run, Inf. f the coup, SI. split, SI. scram, SI. hightail it; make a ge away, beat a retreat or a hasty retreat, Inf. beat  ...

Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978

Harrap's essential English Dictionary

didn't know what to make of her strange response. make off {informal) You make off when you leave, especially hurriedly or secretly: The thieves made off in a van . make off with (informal) You make off with something when you steal it: Anyone  ...

‎1996

Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus

3 informal what are you getting at? imply, suggest, intimate, insinuate, hint, mean, drive at, allude to. get away the prisoners got away: escape, run away/ off, break out, break free, break loose, bolt, flee, take flight, make off, take off, decamp, ...

‎2012

The Scripture readers' journal

sneaksmen," or petty cowardly thieves, and of these there are two distinct varieties, according as they sneak off with either goods or animals. Belonging to the first variety, or those who sneak off with goods, are " drag-sncaks," who make off with ...

Church of England scripture readers' assoc, 1853

The great world of London: (Part IX. Henry Mayhew's new work)

Belonging to the first variety-, or those who sneak oft' with goods, are "drag- sneaks," who make off with good3 from carts or coaches; " snoozcrs," who sleep at railway hotels, and make off with either apparel or luggage in the morning ...

Henry Mayhew, 1857

German and English

SöeglOcf en , «□ <•• to entice away Söeglofcben, »• «• f- 9i»i5fd}iii Nr. 2. [aenlyj. aöeglügen, •>□ »□ »• '» ««»у <ьга ШЗеДЩафеП, «•«• to to make, take, put or clear away, to take out or down, to remove. — ». rtfl. Sid)-, to make off, lo depart or  ...

Christoph Friedrich Grieb, 1863

The Modern English Verb-Adverb Combination

... make out 'to succeed,' make off 'to depart,' make up 'to become reconciled,' own up, pan out, pick up 'to improve,' pile off or on, pull thru 'to recover,' pull out ' to depart,' pull up, put up 'to lodge,' 'to pay,' and 'to tolerate' (with at, for, or with), ...

Arthur Garfield Kennedy, 1920

Make/Believing the World(s): Toward a Christian Ontological ...

We make out, make love, make pies, make do, make off, make up, make haste, make war, make friends, make room, make fast, make peace, make sure, make known, make bold, make book, make eyes, make good, make hay, make like, make ...

Mark S. McLeod-Harrison, 2009

Untitled

... into hit; meet look for search; hunt run out use up look on watch run over hit look out search set aside keep for use look over check later look round search set off begin (a trip) look up visit; check set out start to do make off escape set up start ; ...

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Knock Your Socks Off Prospecting: How to Cold Call, Get ...

Another "knockout" in the grand tradition of Knock Your Socks Off Service!

William Miller, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAKE OFF»

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Crooks target Land Rover in Dollard, make off with computers …

On July 14, some time between 7 and 11:30 p.m., someone broke into a car parked at Galeries des Sources in Dollard-des-Ormeaux and stole ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»

Thieves Storm Into Pawn Shop, Make Off With Weapons, Jewelry …

DENVER (CBS4) – Federal investigators are working with authorities in in Adams County in the hunt for the thieves who stormed into a ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»

Cache of guns found in Yakima home traced to Grumpy's burglary …

... Grumpy's Outdoor Supply store on South First Street in Yakima, where burglars managed to carve through drywall to make off with the spoils. «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»

Cincinnati Campus Cop Kills Unarmed Black Man - The Daily Beast

She did not have data on how often the officers make off-campus arrests. As for Dubose, he has been arrested 75 times in the last 20 years, the ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»

What's My Weight? F**k Off! UK Female MP Strikes Back Against …

She did not have data on how often the officers make off-campus arrests. As for Dubose, he has been arrested 75 times in the last 20 years, the ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»

Thieves make off with ATM from Angelika Film Center at …

Brazen thieves struck Mockingbird Station overnight, hauling a cash machine out of the Angelika Film Center and Cafe early Monday. The theft ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»

Four robbers make off with RM100,000 in jewellery

PETALING JAYA: Robbers struck at a jewellery shop at a hypermarket here, stealing RM100,000 worth of gold items on the first day of Hari ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»

Four robbers make off with S$36000 in jewellery

PETALING JAYA - Robbers struck at a jewellery shop at a hypermarket here, stealing RM100,000 (S$36,000) worth of gold items on the first ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»

Thugs make off with sunnies after bashing manager in Berjaya Time …

KUALA LUMPUR, July 18 — A group of men bashed up a manager of an optical shop in Berjaya Times Square yesterday, after he confronted ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»

Thieves Make Off with Habitat For Humanity Tools

VANCOUVER, WA.– Thousands of dollars in building materials and tools were stolen from Evergreen Habitat for Humanity's construction site. «750 KXL, Jul 15»