Synonyms for run away

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1. 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, melt

2. run 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

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1. run away

   Synonyms:
   flee, escape, take to one's heels, give leg bail, take one's self off

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1. run away

   Synonyms:
   flee, escape, desert, elope, abscond

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How to use run away in a sentence?

1. Paul Tournier:

   That is what marriage really means helping one another to reach the full status of being persons, responsible and autonomous beings who do not run away from life.

2. Ron Magill:

   I do know that there are several iguana hunters that are looking forward to this upcoming cold front as it will certainly facilitate them removing these invasive reptiles from the South Florida environment as they will not be able to run away !

3. James Nyak:

   Fighting is not the right way for people to solve issues. The more people fight, the more young people who have talent run away from home. So those countries who have conflict have to sit down and see where the problem is because this affects so many countries.

4. Betsy Brantner Smith:

   The officers have no choice. They can't just run away, and they can't just stand there and get killed.

5. Denis Diderot:

   People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.

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