Б258
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collVPsubj:
human or animal (more often male)past onlypreceded by one or more verbs (
usu. pfv past)
occas. used in
fut contexts) one ran away, disappeared (from sight)
X... и был таков = and off (away) X went
and that's (that was) the last anyone (I, we
etc) saw of Xand X was gone (before you (I, we
etc ) knew it)and X was off in a flashand X skipped(in limited contexts) and X up and ran away.