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Princeton's WordNet

  1. running awaynoun

    the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be

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  1. Running Away

    Running Away is a single recorded by Hoobastank. It was the third single released from the 2001 self-titled debut album Hoobastank. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and became the highest charting single from the album and one of Hoobastank's biggest hits.

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  1. running away

    Running away refers to the act of leaving or escaping from a particular situation, place, or person, typically in order to avoid something challenging, dangerous, or unpleasant. This can be either literal, such as physically fleeing from danger, or metaphorical, such as avoiding confronting a difficult situation or emotion.

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  1. Running Away

    "Running Away" is a single recorded by Hoobastank. It was the third single released from the band's 2001 self-titled debut. The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and became the highest charting single from the album and one of Hoobastank's biggest hits. It is also featured on Now That's What I Call Music! 11.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of running away in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of running away in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of running away in a Sentence

  1. Brian Coffman:

    Mr. Chatman is running away from the police. He's unarmed. No knife, no gun, nothing but an iPhone box was recovered at the scene.

  2. The White House:

    Right now, he's running away from the consequences of his actions. if he felt his actions were consistent with civil disobedience, then he should do what those who have taken issue with their own government do: Challenge it, speak out, engage in a constructive act of protest, and -- importantly -- accept the consequences of his actions.

  3. Rabbi Mordechai Bald of Lviv:

    It feels like the whole of Ukraine is here running away from death, there is a feeling of the Holocaust in Kyiv.

  4. Edward Hoagland:

    Animals used to provide a lowlife way to kill and get away with it, as they do still, but, more intriguingly, for some people they are an aperture through which wounds drain. The scapegoat of olden times, driven off for the bystanders sins, has become a tender thing, a running injury. There, running away is me: hurt it and you are hurting me.

  5. Charles Raison:

    You don't want to be punitive because usually if you can get them back in treatment, they start doing so much better that they are not going to go running away again.

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