US /mek ɔf/
・UK /meik ɔf/
Make away with or make off with basically mean the same thing.
To make away with or to make off with, to get a certain result.
also means to steal. So when you "make off" with something, it
So when you make off with something, it means you escaped from punishment or you stole something.
Are you really going to allow that little penguin to make off with my crown?!
Are you really going to allow that little penguin to make off with my crown?
Another part of the experience was seeing feeding time in the enclosure, where the caretakers would throw chunks of the food for the day into the water, and then you would watch them, the animals, rush up to the glass and make off with their delicious lunch.
Another part of the experience was seeing feeding time in the enclosure, where the caretakers would throw chunks of the food for the day into the water, and then you would watch them, the animals, rush up to the glass and make off with their delicious lunch.
And secondly, when somebody is able to make off with 300 gold bars, it means that the process of being able to check that and to make sure that never happens broke down.
They stake their claims, and then when everyone and their grandmother wants in, they make off with huge amounts of money as the market becomes a giant bubble and bursts.