The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STEAL , but the solution may also be TAKE which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Make off with crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STEAL | 40 % | 5 |
| TAKE | 30 % | 4 |
| SWIPE | 17 % | 5 |
| PURLOIN | 7 % | 7 |
| ABDUCT | 7 % | 6 |
Why may TAKE be the right solution?
The phrase "make off with" means to steal or take something quickly. "Take" is a synonym for this meaning, making it the correct answer.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Make off with
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- make off
- run off with
- take off
- make away with
- walk away with
- carry away
- steal away
- walk off
- make away
- ride off
- clear out
- run off
Crossword Answer definitions
STEAL noun- The act of stealing.
- A piece of merchandise available at a very attractive price.
- A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
- A stolen base.
- Scoring in an end without the hammer.
- A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
- To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
- (of ideas, words, music, a look, credit, etc.) To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
- To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
- To acquire at a low price.
- To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
- To move silently or secretly.
- To convey (something) clandestinely.
- To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
- To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
- To dispossess
- To borrow for a short moment.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STEAL
- Real bargain
- Shoplift
- Unbelievable bargain
- Purloin
- Take a base?
- Go quietly
- Tiptoe
- Take the wrong way?
- Grab an album using BitTorrent, e.g.
- Pinch
More clues leading to the result TAKE
- On the ____ (accepting bribes)
- Gate receipts
- Give's partner
- Ingest, as medicine
- "____this Job and Shove It"
- "___my wife. Please."
- Accept
- Accept uncomplainingly
- Pickings
- On the __ (accepting bribes)
More clues leading to the result SWIPE
- Apply a five-finger discount to
- Lift
- Steal, like the fox in "Dora the Explorer"
- Pick pockets
- Filch
- Credit-card action
- Make off with
- Rip off
- Liberate, so to speak
- Take without permission