make off

Definitions

1. 1

   To exit or depart

   To exit or depart; to run away.

   • As soon as he saw me, he turned around and made off down the road.
   • [H]e was so frightened, being new to the sight, that he made off again, and never stopped until he had run a mile or more.
   • But the Metropolitan police said while they attempted to arrest a man in Hornsey, north London, “he made off from them on foot”.
2. 2

   To tie off, fix down or terminate the end of a rope, cable or thread.

   • The object of good end-box technique is to make off the cable in a manner which resists ingress of air, moisture and cable box compound into the cable with as little interference with the lay and structure of the cable as possible.
   • Make off the cable ends in metal glands.
   • If the fairlead (a cleat, chock, or genoa car to make off the line on) is located amidships...

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