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US
/ˈɹənəˌweɪ/
]
[ UK /ɹˈʌnəwˌeɪ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈʌnəwˌeɪ/ ]
NOUN
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someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
fugitives from the sweatshops - an easy victory
ADJECTIVE
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completely out of control
runaway inflation
How To Use runaway In A Sentence
- He was trampled to death by a runaway horse.
- The runaway bus eventually came to a standstill when it rolled into a muddy field.
- The contrast between runaways and filial daughters in family composition and financial conditions indicates a likelihood that the girls' motives for entering prostitution varied according to family conditions.
- Is it because filial daughters are more bound to filial ideology than runaways?
- Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.
- They were more like colonies of runaway slaves in the Americas, and like them negotiated with the government as equals over pardons and amnesties.
- Pentham charged forward like a runaway Rhino and, roared on by the vocal Thwaites fans, finished with a sublime dink over the keeper which defied a man of his size.
- A man who lost his daughter eight years previously feels drawn to help a teenage runaway. Times, Sunday Times
- This year Proactiv's licensee and distributor, Guthy-Renker, will collect roughly $800 million in revenue from the acne treatment -- its runaway bestseller. Shill Shocked
- The runaway car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple.