1.
If you run away 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 run away 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 run away together.
= run off
PHRASAL VERB : V P with n , pl-n V P together
3.
If you run away from something unpleasant or new, you try to avoid dealing with it or thinking about it.
They run away from the problem, hoping it will disappear of its own accord...
You can’t run away for ever.
PHRASAL VERB : V P from n , V P
4.
see also runaway