'run away' definitions:
Definition of 'run away'
(from WordNet)
verb
Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: 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
Escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"
Synonyms of 'run away'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscond,
- absquatulate,
- beat a retreat,
- bolt,
- clear out,
- cut and run,
- cut out,
- decamp,
- depart,
- desert,
- elope,
- flee,
- fly,
- fugitate,
- go AWOL,
- hightail,
- jump,
- jump bail,
- levant,
- make off,
- make tracks,
- run,
- run along,
- run away from,
- run away with,
- run for it,
- run off,
- show the heels,
- skedaddle,
- skip,
- skip out,
- slip the cable,
- take flight,
- take French leave,
- take to flight,
- take wing,
- turn tail