1.
If you ~ from a place, you leave it because you are unhappy there.
I ran away from home when I was sixteen...
After his beating Colin ran away and hasn’t been heard of since...
Three years ago I ran away to Mexico to live with a circus.
PHRASAL VERB: V P from n, V P, V P to n
2.
If you ~ with someone, you secretly go away with them in order to live with them or marry them.
She ran away with a man called McTavish last year...
He and I were always planning to ~ together.
= run off
PHRASAL VERB: V P with n, pl-n V P together
3.
If you ~ from something unpleasant or new, you try to avoid dealing with it or thinking about it.
They ~ from the problem, hoping it will disappear of its own accord...
You can’t ~ for ever.
PHRASAL VERB: V P from n, V P
4.
see also runaway