make off

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Recent Examples of make off The plot was inspired by several actual snatch-and-grab jobs from the era, including the 1972 Worcester Art Museum heist in which robbers made off with masterpieces from Rembrandt, Picasso and Gauguin. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025 Customer management revenue, which Alibaba makes off of selling marketing and other services to merchants on its platform, jumped 12% year-on-year. Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 15 May 2025 The Marin County Sheriff’s Office alleges Christopher Britton, of Fairfield, burglarized classrooms at several schools in February, making off with credit cards and running up thousands of dollars in unauthorized purchases. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025 The oddball weapon is a signal jammer designed to take down drones in war zones and was likely used to neutralize the van vault’s silent alarm so the thief could make off with what Kasie (Diona Reasonover) estimates is a million dollars. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for make off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for make off
Verb
  • With Haliburton on the floor, Toppin handed him the rock while his teammates got out of the way.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • Bayern are a high-pressing team who will try to lock opponents into their own third or force them to play long to get out of it.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • On Wednesday, police in Seattle used pepper spray to clear out protesters, and officers in Denver used smoke and pepper balls to control a crowd.
    Krysta Fauria, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
  • Work began in March; so far, it’s been mostly clearing out vegetation.
    Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Heat escapes its atmosphere so quickly that, were one to stand at its equator at noon with skin exposed — not a great idea!
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
  • The individual then escaped, believed to have escaped outside the back of the house.
    Mandy Taheri Peter Aitken Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025

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“Make off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make%20off. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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