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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
- to abscond or elope with
he ran away with his boss's daughter
- to make off with; steal
- to escape from the control of
his enthusiasm ran away with him
- to win easily or be assured of victory in (a competition)
he ran away with the race
noun
- a person or animal that runs away
- ( 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
Example Sentences
The only option was to get through the night and run away.
I wanted to run away right then,” he said, “but I had about 60 staff members in the studio to take care of first.
“I was never going to run away from the president,” Malloy said.
“We have guests run away all the time,” says manager Lee-Ann Wilber, who purchased the house 11 years ago.
Flash says it after watching Arrow swing off a rooftop; Arrow says it seconds later as he watches Flash run away.
It's quite true the land can't run away, but there are always rows and revolutions and smashes going on; you can't trust anybody.
Once or twice Squinty looked back toward the pen he had run away from, to see if Bob, his master, were coming after him.
The situation was too pregnant with tragedy for him to run away and leave the pair to deal with it as best they could.
Ma says 'twas no wonder the creatur' 'd run away an' hide in the woods soon's churnin' days come round.
But the inhabitants, seeing our boat coming, run away and hid themselves.
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