What are some alternative words for run away?
Synonyms for run away
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Princeton's WordNet
scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away(verb)
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Synonyms:
course, operate, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, get off, move, turn tail, chip, range, break out, run, beat, guide, function, lead, lam, thresh, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, break off, break, break loose, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, lean, play, die hard, race, pass, get out, get by, secede, thrash, run for, black market, miss, persist, splinter, incline, draw, hightail it, elude, be given, prevail, campaign, get away, tend, chip off, escape, ladder, ply, come off, flail, meltrun away(verb)
escape from the control of
"Industry is running away with us all"
Synonyms:
run, fly the coop, hightail it, lam, scat, take to the woods, bunk, break away, turn tail, scarper, escape, head for the hills
Dictionary of English Synonymes
run away
Synonyms:
flee, escape, take to one's heels, give leg bail, take one's self off
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#125 | work | |
#342 | guide | |
#428 | course | |
#516 | play | |
#605 | range | |
#672 | run | |
#853 | function | |
#1142 | move | |
#1176 | lead | |
#1293 | feed | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1581 | race | |
#1618 | break | |
#1767 | flow | |
#2032 | miss | |
#2171 | campaign | |
#2412 | carry | |
#2851 | beat | |
#3350 | draw | |
#3712 | chip | |
#3943 | operate | |
#4430 | escape | |
#4532 | extend | |
#4855 | tend | |
#4878 | hunt | |
#6859 | execute | |
#8525 | lean | |
#9460 | ladder | |
#10417 | scat | |
#12318 | lam | |
#13436 | melt | |
#17577 | bleed | |
#17822 | prevail | |
#17899 | endure | |
#18539 | ply | |
#18561 | persist | |
#19271 | splinter | |
#19709 | bunk | |
#27901 | thrash | |
#27916 | incline | |
#34408 | consort | |
#37457 | unravel | |
#64306 | elude | |
#69890 | thresh | |
#77417 | flail | |
#86119 | secede |
How to use run away in a sentence?
You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
This is the part where you run away!
The officers have no choice. They can't just run away, and they can't just stand there and get killed.
I admire Stacey Abrams for wanting to have Elizabeth Warren here, because Stacey Abrams hasn't run away from Stacey Abrams principles, stacey Abrams need a party that says Stacey Abrams need a free market that admits its debt to society for its use of the nation's resources.
***(C)(P)- YOU MAY RUN, RUN AWAY, BUT YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM YOURSELF.
Translations for run away
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- هربArabic
- fugirCatalan, Valencian
- utéctCzech
- durchbrennen, ausreißen, davonlaufen, wegrennenGerman
- arrancar, escapar, huirSpanish
- juosta pakoon, karata kotoaFinnish
- s'enfuirFrench
- fuggire, scappareItalian
- 家出するJapanese
- vluchten, weglopenDutch
- stikke avNorwegian
- uciekaćPolish
- fugi, scăpaRomanian
- убежа́ть, убега́тьRussian
- cori evoyeWalloon
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