Run off

Run off
  That portion of the precipitation that flows over the land surface and ultimately reaches streams to complete the water cycle. Melting snow is an important source of this water as well as all amounts of surface water that move to streams or rivers through any given area of a drainage basin.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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  • run off — {v. phr.} 1. To produce with a printing press or duplicating machine. * /The print shop ran off a thousand copies of the newspaper./ 2. To drive away. * /The boys saw a dog digging in mother s flower bed, and they ran him off./ * /When the… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • run off — {v. phr.} 1. To produce with a printing press or duplicating machine. * /The print shop ran off a thousand copies of the newspaper./ 2. To drive away. * /The boys saw a dog digging in mother s flower bed, and they ran him off./ * /When the… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Run Off — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Run Off Originaltitel Boys Produktionsland …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • run-off — {n.} A second election held to determine the winner when the results of the first one were inconclusive. * /The senatorial race was so close that the candidates will have to hold a run off./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • run-off — {n.} A second election held to determine the winner when the results of the first one were inconclusive. * /The senatorial race was so close that the candidates will have to hold a run off./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • run off at the mouth — {v. phr.} To talk too much; be unable to stop talking. * / Shut up, John, our father cried. You are always running off at the mouth. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • run off at the mouth — {v. phr.} To talk too much; be unable to stop talking. * / Shut up, John, our father cried. You are always running off at the mouth. / …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Run-off area — A run off area is an area on a racetrack that exists for racer safety. Run off areas are usually located along a race course in places that are the most likely places for racers to unintentionally depart from the prescribed course due to a… …   Wikipedia

  • run off — verb Date: 1683 transitive verb 1. a. to recite, compose, or produce rapidly b. to cause to be run or played to a finish c. to decide (as a race) by a runoff d. carry out 2. to drain off ; draw off 3 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • run off with — phrasal to carry off ; steal < ran off with the money > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • To run off at the mouth — Mouth Mouth (mouth), n.; pl. {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS. m[=u][eth]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[=u][eth], G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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