Fill
Fill verb - To put into (something) as much as can be held or contained.
Run off
Run off verb - To drive or force out.
Both terms in one sentence
- In Soul Music, Death has run off to forget his troubles and his granddaughter Susan must fill in, much to her annoyance.
Source: Death Takes a Holiday -
So they decide to take for themselves the money they steal in their latest job, and run off.But Brian forgot to fill up the tank enough to get to the airport, so they are forced to hide the money, and themselves, for the time being... and the closest place is a nunnery.
Source: Film / Nuns on the Run
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