Synonyms for run away
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 awayverb

   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 awayverb

   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. • Escape

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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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1. Abderrahman Hassi:

   People are like shadows: if you follow them, they run away from you; if you run away from them, they follow you.

2. Martin Schulz:

   Europe can do more and Europe must do more, it is a shame and a confession of failure how many countries run away from responsibility and how little money we provide for rescue missions.

3. Vaclav Kozubik:

   The tradition is beautiful, we enjoy it, we run away from those devils, they chase us, it is awesome.

4. Joyce Mitchell:

   I know I had agreed to help them escape and run away with them, but I panicked and couldn't follow through with the rest of the plan. I really do love my husband and he's the reason I didn't meet Inmate Richard Matt and Inmate Sweat, human behavior is complex, and the motivations behind behavior can be from many reasons. And so for some, depending on what motivated the behavior or psychiatric conditions they have, it absolutely could be when they're out of that context, or something else happens in their life, that they realize the error of their ways.

5. Condor CEO Ralf Teckentrup:

   If someone attacks you in your core business, you can run away or push back.