run away

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verb

1. flee;
take to one's heels;
cut and run (Freq. 12)
- If you see this man, run!
- The burglars escaped before the police showed up
• Syn:
scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam,
lam, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape,
fly the coop, break away
• Derivationally related forms:
runaway, lam (for: lam)
• Hypernyms:
leave, go forth, go away
• Hyponyms:
flee, fly, take flight, skedaddle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. escape from the control of (Freq. 1)
- Industry is running away with us all
• Hypernyms:
escape, get away, break loose
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something PP