run away

verb

1. to take flight; escape
2. to go away; depart
3. (of a horse) to gallop away uncontrollably
4. 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. 1. a person or animal that runs away
   2. ( as modifier )

      a runaway horse

2. the act or an instance of running away
3. modifier occurring as a result of the act of eloping

   a runaway wedding

4. modifier (of a race, victory, etc) easily won

   a runaway ten-shot victory

Example Sentences

She’d planned to tell her mother and run away from home the day of the killings, she said in court.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Related Words

• avoid
• depart
• disappear
• dodge
• elude
• emerge
• evade
• flee
• fly
• leave
• run
• slip
• slip away
• vanish