run away

/rən əˈweɪ/

/rən əˈweɪ/

Other forms: ran away; running away; runs away

Definitions of run away

1. verb

   flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
   synonyms: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail

   types:

   flee, fly, take flight

   run away quickly

   skedaddle

   run away, as if in a panic

   break

   make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

   stampede

   run away in a stampede

   abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off

   run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

   elope, run off

   run away secretly with one's beloved

   break loose, escape, get away

   run away from confinement

   high-tail

   retreat at full speed

   defect, desert

   desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

   type of:

   go away, go forth, leave

   go away from a place
2. verb

   escape from the control of
   “Industry is running away with us all”

   type of:

   break loose, escape, get away

   run away from confinement