Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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contend | No | No | Yes | No |
run off | No | No | Yes | No |
contend (verb) | run off (verb) |
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to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation | decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff |
have an argument about something | reproduce by xerography |
maintain or assert | force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings |
compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others | leave suddenly and as if in a hurry |
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight | run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along |
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | run away secretly with one's beloved |
run off as waste |