English > run away: 2 senses > verb 1, motion| Meaning | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonyms | scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away |
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| Narrower | flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly |
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| skedaddle | run away, as if in a panic |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
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| See also | run | move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time |
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| Spanish | correr, escapar, evadir, huir |
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| Catalan | escapar, escapolir-se, evadir, fugir |
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| Nouns | runaway | someone who flees from an uncongenial situation |
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