RUN AWAY


Meaning of RUN AWAY in English

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

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