How to Use make off in a Sentence

make off

verb
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  • And what’s to stop kids of making off with it as a prank?
    — Staff Reports, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In just two months, the group of friends made off with some $2.4 million.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 31 July 2023
  • The men made off with the vehicle and police were called to the scene.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The man made off with money, phones and a camera, but no one was hurt.
    — Victor Mather, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • For instance, how many times has the dragon made off with their kids and they just . . .
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2023
  • As the adults sat around talking, Hadley plotted to make off with the ramekins of almonds and glasses of wine.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
  • The sentence comes after the duo was found guilty of using a fake gun to try to make off with the Italian sports car.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Don't let some random Dartmouth fan make off with this one.
    — Dan Berman, CNN, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The thieves didn’t make off with the most expensive electrics, Paul Reed Smith guitars, either.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 6 July 2022
  • Before state wardens responded to the scene, a person made off with the bear’s paws.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024
  • Let there never be a doubt that a buck can be made off human slovenliness.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Lopez said thieves made off with merchandise from at least nine cargo trucks.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
  • Thieves loaded the machine into the back of the truck and made off with about $2,000, according to Chula Vista police.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2023
  • Looters during the evening broke into a gun shop and made off with weapons in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, police said.
    — John Leicester, Time, 1 July 2023
  • Neither would discuss how much money the teams might make off gambling.
    — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2021
  • Yes, the Beatles wanted to hold your hand, but the Stones wanted to pillage your village, make off with its women, and salt the earth on the way out of town.
    — Chris Nashawaty, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Carmen and her merry band make off with a truck that then dominates the second and — crashed and burning on its side — third act.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Prosecutors say the motive was robbery and that the Mills made off with $140 and some prescription pills.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
  • Thieves made off with such items as a flashlight, backpack with clothes, gift cards, sunglasses and cell phone chargers.
    — Molly Walsh | Mwalsh@cleveland.com, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The thief could have made off with a number of artifacts that were easier to move: At four feet tall, the Buddha weighs roughly 250 pounds.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Authorities say that Sims and the unidentified man made off with $600, credit cards and the victim’s phone.
    — John H. Tucker, cleveland, 13 July 2023
  • The $32 million the island made off those sales constitutes 20% of its total revenue.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2014
  • According to Pollard, the burglars, who struck the home on Oct. 8, made off with such items as clothes, electronics and Gott’s two guitars.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • These days, though, the biggest story about welfare cheats isn’t about the poor making off with a few dollars in undeserved aid.
    — Time, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Three men make off with a huge amount of cash from a Harlem bookmaking operation, killing five gangsters (two of whom are Mafiosi) and two cops.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2021
  • The Mario movie may have made off with $1.36 billion, but real heads know rupees have always been harder to come by in the Zelda series.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Apparently this isn't the first time someone has tried to make off with a truckload of pistachios.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 23 June 2021
  • But the truck wasn’t the only thing the man allegedly tried to make off with—the vehicle was also filled with over 1,000 pairs of Kanye West’s coveted sneakers in the back.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2022
  • In the San Mateo robbery, the suspect pointed a gun at the victim and told them to open the cash register, police said, adding that the suspect made off with more than $2,000.
    — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • None of the occupants were physically harmed in the robbery, but Watson and his friend made off with a video camera and cellphone worth a total of $575.
    — Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024

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