run away

Verb
  1. Flee;
    Take to one's heels;
    Cut and run (synset 202079296)
    "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
    is a type of: go away, go forth, leave - go away from a place
    subtypes:
    same as: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail
  2. Escape from the control of (synset 202104754)
    "Industry is running away with us all"
    is a type of: break loose, escape, get away - run away from confinement

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