Definitions for run away

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away(verb)

    flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

    "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

  2. run away(verb)

    escape from the control of

    "Industry is running away with us all"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. run away(verb)ʌn

    to run in order to try to escape

    The girl turned and ran away from me.

Wiktionary

  1. run away(Verb)

    To flee by running

  2. run away(Verb)

    To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.


Translations for run away

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

run away(noun)

to escape

He ran away from school.

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