Definition of "make off" [make off]

• To run away; to exit (verb)

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• "BY JAMES JOHONNOT [ADAPTED] IN the year 1781 the war was chiefly carried on in the South, but the North was constantly troubled by bands of Tories and Indians, who would swoop down on small settlements and make off with whatever they could lay their hands on."
• "Prying my way through a couple, I found teak bookshelves lined with volumes in alphabetical order, presided over by white-shirted, bookish men whobarked warnings to any browsers who looked as if they were going to make off with the merchandise."
• "And the hatred was a tangible presence, for no one likes to see a single individual make off with money deemed the property of everyone."