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Noun: runoff 'rún`óf
- The occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
- overflow, overspill
- A final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner
- Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- abscond, bolt, absquatulate [N. Amer], decamp, go off, make off
- Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
- run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off
- Force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
- chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off
- Run away secretly with one's beloved
- elope
- Run off as waste
- waste
- Reproduce by xerography
- photocopy, xerox
- Decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
Derived forms: run off, runs off, running off, runoffs, ran off
See also: run
Type of: compete, contend, course, cut and run, displace, election, feed, flee, flow, flowing, fly, go away, go forth, leave, move, reproduce, run, take flight, vie
Encyclopedia: Runoff
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