Run Away

Definition: Run Away

Run Away

Verb

1. Escape or flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!".

2. Escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Run Away

Avoidance

Beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one's back; take to one's heels; runaway, run for one's life; cut and run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight, take to flight; desert, elope; make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part company, turn one's heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulate, cut one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce; escape; go away; (depart); abandon; reject.

Cowardice

Verb: quail; (fear); be cowardly; Adjective:, be a coward; Noun: funk; cower,skulk, sneak; flinch, shy, fight shy, slink, turn tail; run away; (avoid); show, the white feather.

Credulity

Verb: be credulous; Adjective: jurare in verba magistri; follow implicitly; swallow, gulp down; take on trust; take for granted, take for gospel; run away with a notion, run away with an idea; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion; think the moon is made of green cheese; take for granted, grasp the shadow for the substance; catch at straws, grasp at straws.

Misjudgment

Prejudge, forejudge; presuppose, presume, prejudicate; dogmatize; have a bias; Noun: have only one idea; jurare in verba magistri, run away with the notion; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion, leap to a conclusion, judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conclusions; look only at one side of the shield; view with jaundiced eye, view through distorting spectacles; not see beyond one's nose; dare pondus fumo; get the wrong sow by the ear; (blunder).

Recession

Verb: recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; depart; retreat; move off, stand off, sheer off; fall back, stand aside; run away; (avoid).

Stealing

Convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp; make off with, walk off with, run off with; run away with; spirit away, seize; (lay violent hands on).

Taking

Take away, carry away, bear away, take off, carry off, bear off; adeem; abstract; hurry off with, run away with; abduct; steal; ravish; seize; pounce upon, spring upon; swoop to, swoop down upon; take by storm, take by assault; snatch, reave.

Crosswords: Run Away

These silly writers let their imaginations run away with them (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

Perhaps we could run away more (Monty Python and the Holy Grail; writing credit: Graham Chapman; John Cleese)

If you hadn't frightened me, I wouldn't have run away! (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury)

And, and run away with the, the, the winner of the Zelda Fitzgerald emotional maturity award (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman)

I've run away from the circus (The Circus; writing credit: Charles Chaplin)

Just like him I am wandering, wondering run away (Looking For A Place To Land; performing artist: Dakota Moon)

I don’t want to run away but I can’t take it, I don’t understand (If You're Not The One; performing artist: DANIEL BEDINGFIELD)

You wanna run away that's all you know (Dreamtime; performing artist: Daryl Hall)

Well now pride's gone out the window cross the rooftops, run away, (Ordinary World; performing artist: Duran Duran)

Or run away (Slide; performing artist: Goo Goo Dolls)

You Can't Run Away from It (1956)

Run Away (1995)

Run Away (performing artist: Real McCoy)

Run Away Child, Running Wild (performing artist: The Temptations)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Is It Too Late to Run Away and Join the Circus? (reference)

• Run Away Helers (reference)

• Run Away Home (reference)

• Run Away to War (reference)

• The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses over the Hills (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Happy Meals 3: Songs to Run Away From (reference)

• Do You Love: Run Away, Turn Away [CD/12"] [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Roosevelt's Central American Peace pact crying as all of the countries run away from him. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The third manner is not to speak to the dark man nor even to look at him, and to run away as fast as you can.

Why did the five fellows out of the higher line run away for that

Only the defeated and deserters go to the wars, cowards that run away and enlist

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In Yunnan, China, inhabitants would run away from their homes as soon as they saw dead rats. On the island of Formosa, residents considered handling dead rats a risk for developing plague. (references)

Children

Russia

An estimated 50,000 children run away from home each year. (references)

Human Rights

Romania

The law also allows the use of firearms against persons who have escaped detention or run away from an escort, and allows other law enforcement bodies to use force under similar circumstances. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "run away": run away from ♦ run away with ♦ To run away ♦ To run away with. Additional references.

Afrikaans

vlug (flee, flight, run). (various references)

Albanian

largohem (backdown, backtrack, depart, evacuate, get along, get away, go, go away, go off, leave, make oneself scarce, move out, recede, retire, run off, secede, subside, take away, turn out, veer), ik (begone, blast off, clear off, depart, escape, exit, fly away, get along, get away, get out, give the guy to, go, go away, go off, go out, hence, leave, make away, make off, make one's bow, make oneself scarce, move away, pass, pass off, push off, retire, run off, shoot through, take away, take off). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فر (abscond, bolt, break away, decamp, elope, escape, flee, flight, fly, get away, get free, get off, run off, slope, take flight, take to one's heels), ‏هارب (absconder, escape, fleet, receding, scampish), ‏هرب (abscond, contraband, drive away, elope, escape, fled, flee, fleeing, fly, get away, get out of, powder, put to flight, run first, run from smb., run off, shun, slope, smuggle, take flight, take to one's heels, tamper, traffic, turn tail), ‏ولى الأدبار (retreat), ‏اللاجئ (refugee). (various references)

Aymara

jaltaña (to run away). (various references)

Bulgarian 

затварям си очите (connive, go blind oneself, stretch a point, turn a blind eye to, turn against), забягвам (go bush, run away with), бягам (course, cut, flee, lick, pelt, run, scurry, shirk), побягвам (dart off, flee, flee away), избягвам (abscond, break loose, break out, circumnavigate, dodge, elope, elude, escape, evade, gallop away, get away, get off, get out, go off, make a break for it, mizzle, obviate, prevent, run, run off, scarper, scuttle away, shrink away, shun, skirt around, skitter, take flight). (various references)

Chinese 

竄 (escape, flee, leap), �"逃 (flee). (various references)

Czech

utéci (abscond, boil over, elope, escape, flee, run off, scape, take off), unést (abduct, bear, kidnap, ravish, snatch, spirit away, swoop), splašit se (run wild), odcizit (alienate, estrange, purloin, steal). (various references)

Danish

flygte (flee). (various references)

Dutch

vluchten (flee), vleden (flee), de vlucht nemen (flee). (various references)

Esperanto

fuĝi (flee). (various references)

Faeroese

flýggja (deliver, flee, furnish, supply). (various references)

Finnish

pillastua (bolt), paeta (escape, flee, take to flight), lähteä karkuun, karata (desert, elope, escape), juosta tiehensä. (various references)

French

fuir (cut and run, run off). (various references)

Frisian

flechtsje (flee). (various references)

German

weglaufen (break away, to run away), fortlaufen (abscond), entweichen (avoid, elude, escape, evade, leak, to escape), entlaufen (abscond, elope, eloped, to elope), durchbrennen (abscond, blow, blow out, burn out, burn through, burn-out, elope, elopement, run off), davonlaufen (get out of hand, outrode, walk out), ausreißen (abscond, bolt, break away, come away, come off, come out, eradicate, pluck, pull out, tear, tear out, weed out, yank out), ausrücken (disengage, exit, go out, make off, march-out, move out, release, reverse-indent, set out, to disengage, turn out), ausgerissen, ablaufen (be up, comb, drain away, drain off, dry off, execute, expire, go off, lapse, pass, pass off, run, run out, rundown, scour, unwind, walk off, walk over, wear down, wear out, wind down), abfließen (drain away, drain off, empty, flow away, to drain off, to flow off). (various references)

Greek 

την κοπανάω, το σκάω (abscond, flee, make off), το βάζω στα πόδια (clear off, take to one's heels), δραπετεύω (abscond, break away, escape, get away, slink, steal). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"מלט (escape, flee, fly, get away, make off, take to ones heels), לברוח (escape, flee, fling off, get away, make haste, make off, run, run off, scamper, take flight, take to ones heels, turn tail), פליט (escapee, fugitive, refugee), בורח (fugitive), � מלט (fugitive). (various references)

Hungarian

elszökik (break out, escape, run off, to abscond, to break out, to chase oneself, to run off, to show a clean pair of heels, to take a powder, to take one's heels, to wind out), elmenekül (escape, flew, flown, to break away, to crap out, to fly, to go south, to make off, to scuttle away, to scuttle off, to show a clean pair of heels, to take one's heels, to take to one's heels, turn tail), elfut (flew, flown, skedaddle, to fly, to give legs, to run away, to run off, to scuttle away, to scuttle off, to show a clean pair of heels, to skedaddle, to take one's heels). (various references)

Indonesian

minggat (flee, get out of here!), melarikan diri (decamp, flee). (various references)

Italian

fuggire (abscond, bolt, escape, flee, fly, make off, run, run off, stampede). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

逃�'走る (to flee, to run away), �"�う (to abduct, to carry off, to kidnap, to run away with), 拐う (to abduct, to carry off, to kidnap, to run away with), 拐う　 (to carry off, to run away with, to sweep away, to wash), 敵から逃れる (to run away from the enemy), 走り去る (to run away), 逃�'る (to escape, to run away), 嫌な�"とから逃�'る (to run away from an unpleasant matter), 逃�'出す (to escape from, to run away), 遁�'出す (to escape from, to run away), 逃�'腰 (being ready to run away, preparing to flee), 逃�'� れる (to run away and hide), 逃腰 (being ready to run away, preparing to flee), 落ち延びる (to escape safely, to run away), 落延びる (to escape safely, to run away), 責任�'逃れる (to run away from responsibility), 逃�'失せる (to escape, to run away). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おちのびる (to escape safely, to run away), さらう (to abduct, to carry off, to dredge, to kidnap, to practise, to rehearse, to review, to run away with, to sweep away, to wash away), に�'うせる (to escape, to run away), に�'かくれる (to run away and hide), に�'�"し (being ready to run away, preparing to flee), に�'る (to escape, to run away), に�'はしる (to flee, to run away), に�'� す (to escape from, to run away), はしりさる (to run away). (various references)

Manx

roie ersooyl (flow away, fly away, run off), roie er chea (abscond, fly away, retreat, scatter), chea (abscondment, flee, flight, retreat). (various references)

Maya

puudz (to run away). (various references)

Papiamen

hui (escape, flee). (various references)

Pig Latin

unray awayay.(various references)

Portuguese

fugir (abscond, bolt, break away, bunk, decamp, disject, disperse, dodge, elope, elude, escape, flee, fleet, get away, get away with, lam, make off, retreat, run, scoot, up and away). (various references)

Russian 

убегать (ran away, run, take flight, turn tail), сбегать, выходить из-под контроля, бежать (escape, flee, race, run, scoot). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uteći (flee), pobeći (break out, elope, escape, flee, get away, make off, run, run off, take flight), bežati (flee, scud). (various references)

Spanish

huir (abscond, avoid, escape, evade, flee, flight, fly, outbreak, run, run off, shy away from, turn tail). (various references)

Swedish

rymma (abscond, accommodate, admit, carry, contain, desert, elope, escape, flee, flit, hold, seat, Stow, take), skena (bar, bolt, rail, runner, splint), fly (escape, flee, fly, fly from, noctuid moth, shun, vanish). (various references)

Turkish

kolay kazanmak (earn easily, romp, romp through, walk over, win easily), kaçmak (abscond, blow, bolt, break, break away, bunk, clear off, decamp, defect, desert, elope, escape, fade, flee, fly, fly away, get away, go by, hook it, ladder, Lam, lapse, leg it, light out, make a bolt for it, make off, nip off, pack up, pull out, retreat, run, run off, scamper away, scoot, scuttle, skip, skip it, skip out, slip, slip off, slope off, take flight, travel, walk off), gemi azıya almak (kick over the traces, take the bit between one's teeth), firar etmek (desert the colors, desert the colours, escape, fly, run off, take flight), fark atmak (slam). (various references)

Turkmen 

zut gaзyp gitmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

тікати (abscond, beat, bung off, chivvy, chivy, elope, flee, go off, hop it, light out, scat, scoot, scram, scurry away, skedaddle, skirr, trundle), набагато випередити. (various references)

Welsh

baglu (ensnare, entangle, stumble, trip), baglan (crutch, stumble, trip). (various references)

Yucatec

luk'ul (absent onself, depart, escape, flee, go away, leave). (various references)

effugi, effugio, effugio, effugi, effugiturus, fuge, fugerant, fugerat, fugeratque, fugere, fugerem, fugerent, fugeret, fugerimus, fugerint, fugerit, fugeritque, fugerunt, fugeruntque, fugi, fugiam, fugiamus, fugiant, fugias, fugiat, fugiebam, fugiebant, fugiebas, fugiebat, fugiemus, fugiendum, fugiens, fugient, fugientem, fugientes, fugientibus, fugientibusque, fugientis, fugientium, fugies, fugiet, fugietis, fugio, fugisse, fugissent, fugisset, fugisti, fugistis, fugit, fugite, fugitque, fugiunt, profugere, refugerant, refugerunt, refugientes, refugisset. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: runaway.

-1 letter: runway, unwary.

-2 letters: ruana, unary.

-3 letters: aura, away, awny, awry, nary, raya, wany, warn, wary, waur, yarn, yawn, yuan.

-4 letters: ana, any, awa, awn, naw, nay, ran, raw, ray, run, rya, urn, wan, war, way, wry, wyn, yar, yaw.

-5 letters: aa, an, ar, aw, ay, na, nu, un, ya.

+1 letter: runaways.

+2 letters: unawarely.

+5 letters: unanswerably.