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run away

verb

to take flight; escape
to go away; depart
(of a horse) to gallop away uncontrollably
run away with
1. to abscond or elope with
  he ran away with his boss's daughter
2. to make off with; steal
3. to escape from the control of
  his enthusiasm ran away with him
4. to win easily or be assured of victory in (a competition)
  he ran away with the race

noun

1. a person or animal that runs away
2. ( as modifier )
  a runaway horse
the act or an instance of running away
modifier occurring as a result of the act of eloping
a runaway wedding
modifier (of a race, victory, etc) easily won
a runaway ten-shot victory

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Example Sentences

Gritzbach, a former member of the PCC, dropped his bag and tried to run away - but he was shot many times and died at the scene.

From BBC

Gonzalez, police said, tried to run away when an officer attempted to detain him.

From Los Angeles Times

"You can't really run away from the president who chooses you," he said.

From BBC

"I thought 'that's not right, a wild otter should've run away at that point'."

From BBC

As The Atlantic’s Tim Young notes, “Today’s Republican leaders are cowards, and some are even worse: They are complicit, as Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin proved… At least cowards run away…. Youngkin, however, smiled and dissembled and excused Trump’s hideousness with a kind of folksy shamelessness that made cowardice seem noble by comparison.”

From Salon

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