lumber off

To depart or head off in a heavy, plodding, and ungainly manner. I stood completely still until the bear finally lumbered off. The drunken sailor slurred some incomprehensible insults before lumbering off toward the bar.

lumber off

to move or lope away heavily and awkwardly. The frightened bear lumbered off, and we left in a hurry. He lumbered off, leaving us there alone.

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At the end of the frenetic day they will lumber off, bagged down with their prizes.

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And, that's what I did; I pulled lumber off of a chain.

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In the fall of 2007, Webster decided to enforce all the terms of the 55-page credit agreement and cut Bradley Lumber off from the line of credit.