Usually means: Excess water drains after rain.
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  1. run-off, run-off: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Run-Off, Run-off, run-off: Wordnik
  3. run-off: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. run-off: Wiktionary
  5. run-off: Dictionary.com
  6. run-off: Online Etymology Dictionary
  7. Run-off: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. run-off: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Run-off: Legal dictionary
  2. Run-off: Financial dictionary

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  1. Run-off: Encyclopedia

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  1. Molecular Biology Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (run-off)

noun:  (motor racing) A run-off area; a paved area around the track at a spot that drivers are likely to go off, as opposed to a gravel trap, grass or a barrier.
noun:  Alternative spelling of runoff [That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.]

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