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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Ran off vs. ran away

What is the difference between ran off and ran away? Please give other examples. Thank you.


He ran off.
He ran away.
  

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Hi, There is none if it means: to leave, escape or to flow away (of liquid). But there are differences, some of them idiomatic, and I would recomend consulting a good English - English dictionary, especially the phrasal verbs one, to look up the differences.

  • Hi, There is none if it means: to leave, escape or to flow away (of liquid).
  • But there are differences, some of them idiomatic, and I would recomend consulting a good English - English dictionary, especially the phrasal verbs one, to look up the differences.
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Hi,

There is none if it means: to leave, escape or to flow away (of liquid).

But there are differences, some of them idiomatic, and I would recomend consulting a good English - English dictionary, especially the phrasal verbs one, to look up the differences.

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