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Run away Moderate

Run away has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

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

"If you see this man, run!"

"The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

2

escape from the control of

"Industry is running away with us all"

3

To flee by running

Example Sentences
"If you see this man, run!" verb
"The burglars escaped before the police showed up" verb
"Industry is running away with us all" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
leave escape
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
flee skedaddle
Rhyming Words
way away sway tway byway beway howay noway alway ioway myway amway elway on way ordway dugway forway iceway rahway subway
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