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. Matt Frewer:

   Never knock on Death's door ring the bell and run away Death really hates that

2. Boston Globe columnist Kevin Cullen:

   Dzhokhar Tsarnaev did not have to go back and run Dzhokhar Tsarnaev brother over. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev actually did a three-point turn and reversed the vehicle. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could have sped off and run away.

3. Matt Brandon:

   And that's amazing these men and women are sent to the Chicago police academy, and trained as police officers, and being a former police officer, I know your first instinct is to go to the problem -- not run away from the problem.

4. Pam Dawber:

   Somehow he had that magic. If you put it on paper you would be appalled, but somehow he had this guileless little thing that he would do – those sparkly eyes. He’d look at you, really playful, like a puppy, all of a sudden. And then he’d grab your t--s and then run away. And somehow he could get away with it. It was the '70s, after all.

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Talk to any old traders in private place, they can be heard saying that Reliance share will reach the price of Rs.1000-1200 again and so all companies shares will fall very drastically but slowly slowly so that investors do not run away