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Synonyms for made off with
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : meyk |
Phonetic Transcription : meɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for made off with Other synonyms for the word made off with
- appropriate
- blackmail
- body snatch
- bundle off
- burglarize
- carry away
- carry off
- cheat
- check
- clap hands on
- coax
- collar
- cop
- cozen
- curb
- cut in
- decoy
- defraud
- despoil
- divert
- dognap
- embezzle
- entice
- explore
- ferret
- filch
- gain
- get fingers on
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- grab
- grapple
- grasp
- grip
- gut
- head off at pass
- heist
- hijack
- hinder
- hold for ransom
- hold up
- hook
- housebreak
- hunt
- impress
- interlope
- interpose
- inveigh
- investigate
- jerk
- jump
- keep
- kidnap
- lay hands on
- lay waste
- leave no stone unturned
- lift
- look all over for
- look high and low
- look into
- loot
- lure
- make off with
- maraud
- misappropriate
- nab
- nail
- nick
- obstruct
- overhaul
- peculate
- peer
- pickpocket
- pilfer
- pillage
- pinch
- pirate
- plagiarize
- pluck
- plunder
- poach
- prevent
- probe
- pry
- pull
- purloin
- put the snatch on
- raid
- rake
- ransack
- rape
- ravish
- remove
- rescue
- rifle
- rip off
- rob
- rummage
- run away with
- run off with
- rustle
- sack
- scan
- scour
- scrutinize
- search
- seduce
- seek
- seize
- shake down
- shanghai
- shoplift
- shortstop
- skyjack
- snag
- snatch
- sneak
- sneeze
- snitch
- sound
- spirit away
- spoil
- spy
- steal
- stick up
- stop
- strip
- swindle
- swipe
- take
- take away
- take possession of
- thieve
- walk off with
- waylay
- win
- withdraw
- wrench
- wrest
- yank
Définition of made off with
Origin :- Old English macian "to make, form, construct, do; prepare, arrange, cause; behave, fare, transform," from West Germanic *makon "to fashion, fit" (cf. Old Saxon makon, Old Frisian makia "to build, make," Middle Dutch and Dutch maken, Old High German mahhon "to construct, make," German machen "to make"), from PIE *mag- "to knead, mix; to fashion, fit" (see macerate). If so, sense evolution perhaps is via prehistoric houses built of mud. Gradually replaced the main Old English word, gewyrcan (see work (v.)).
- Meaning "to arrive at" (a place), first attested 1620s, originally was nautical. Formerly used in many places where specific verbs now are used, e.g. to make Latin (c.1500) "to write Latin compositions." This broader usage survives in some phrases, e.g. to make water "to urinate," to make a book "arrange a series of bets" (1828), make hay "to turn over mown grass to expose it to sun." Make the grade is 1912, perhaps from the notion of railway engines going up an incline.
- Read the valuable suggestions in Dr. C.V. Mosby's book -- be prepared to surmount obstacles before you encounter them -- equipped with the power to "make the grade" in life's climb. [advertisement for "Making the Grade," December 1916]
- But the phrase also was in use in a schoolwork context at the time. Make do "manage with what is available" is attested from 1867. Make time "go fast" is 1849; make tracks in this sense is from 1834. To make a federal case out of (something) popularized in 1959 movie "Anatomy of a Murder;" to make an offer (one) can't refuse is from Mario Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather." To make (one's) day is from 1909; menacing make my day is from 1971, popularized by Clint Eastwood in film "Sudden Impact" (1983). Related: Made; making.
- As in intercept : verb head off; interrupt
- As in kidnap : verb abduct; hold for ransom
- As in purloin : verb steal
- As in ransack : verb turn inside out in search; ravage
- As in shoplift : verb steal
- As in snatch : verb grab away
- As in snitch : verb steal
- As in steal : verb take something without permission
- As in swipe : verb steal
- As in abduct : verb take by force and without permission
Antonyms for made off with
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