Usually means: Water flows away after rain.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word run off:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. run off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. run off: Merriam-Webster
  3. run-off, run-off, run off: Collins English Dictionary
  4. run off: Vocabulary.com
  5. Run-Off, Run-off, run-off: Wordnik
  6. run-off, run off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. run-off, run off: Wiktionary
  8. run-off, run off: Dictionary.com
  9. run-off: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Run-off: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. run off: Rhymezone
  12. run off: FreeDictionary.org
  13. run off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. run-off, run off: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Run-off, run off: Legal dictionary
  2. Run-off, run off: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Run-off, run off: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Molecular Biology Glossary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run off: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Run off: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Run off: Sports Definitions

(Note: See run_offs as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (run off)

verb:  To flee or depart quickly.
verb:  (idiomatic) To make photocopies, or print.
verb:  (idiomatic) To write something quickly.
verb:  (of a liquid) To pour or spill off or over.
verb:  To cause to flow away.
verb:  To chase someone away.
verb:  To operate by a particular energy or fuel source.
verb:  To have diarrhea.
verb:  To recite, especially items on a list.
verb:  (transitive) To steal (horses).

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