Dead
Run off
Run off verb - To drive or force out.
Dead and run off are semantically related in not present topic. Sometimes you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Run off".
Both terms in one sentence
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Everyone assumes she's met with foul play, but in fact she's run off with her previous husband, whom she had believed to be dead until he tracked her down the day of the ceremony.
Source: Runaway Bride -
If you also happen to be carrying a dead man and a dead woman (and have enough ranks in Intimidate), the Barghest will run off in fear because someone as deranged as you clearly isn't to be messed with.
Source: Talking the Monster to Death -
Bree qualifies as this trope because after all of that, she doesn't realize that Diego is dead until Riley has run off and left her and the other vampires to be killed by the Cullens.
Source: Literature / Twilight
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Run off and Dead. (2016). Retrieved 2025, January 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/run_off
Dead & Run off. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Jan. 2025. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/run_off>.
Run off or Dead. 2016. Accessed January 10, 2025. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dead/run_off.
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