"run away" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AcpoKrane-runaway.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-run away.wav Forms: runs away [present, singular, third-person], running away [participle, present], ran away [past], run away [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> away}} run away (third-person singular simple present runs away, present participle running away, simple past ran away, past participle run away)
  1. To flee by running. Translations (to flee by running): φεύγω (pheúgō) (Ancient Greek), ἀποτρέχω (apotrékhō) (Ancient Greek), هَرَبَ (haraba) (Arabic), هرب (harab) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), شرد (sharad) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), fugir (Catalan), ᎠᎵᏘᎠ (alitia) (Cherokee), 逃跑 (táopǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), utéct (Czech), vluchten (Dutch), weglopen (Dutch), forkuri (Esperanto), juosta pakoon (Finnish), s’enfuir (French), fuî (Friulian), scjampâ (Friulian), wegrennen (German), davonlaufen (German), בָּרַח (baráẖ) (Hebrew), fugar (Ido), scappare (Italian), fuggire (Italian), 逃げる (nigeru) (Japanese), 逃走する (tousousuru) (Japanese), fuji (Kabuverdianu), rwel (Kabyle), fugiō (Latin), utrawa (Ngazidja Comorian), stikke av (Norwegian), قاچمق (kaçmak) (Ottoman Turkish), فرار کردن (farâr kardan) (Persian), uciekać (Polish), fugir (Portuguese), fugi (Romanian), scăpa (Romanian), убега́ть (ubegátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), убежа́ть (ubežátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), नश्यति (naśyati) (Sanskrit), सिसर्ति (sisarti) (Sanskrit), teich (Scottish Gaelic), huir (Spanish), springa iväg (Swedish), పారిపోవు (pāripōvu) (Telugu), cori evoye (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-run_away-en-verb-DHwLONOI Disambiguation of 'to flee by running': 97 2 1
  2. To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile. Translations (to leave home): 離家 (Chinese Mandarin), 离家 (líjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), karata kotoa (Finnish), ausreißen (German), durchbrennen (German), 家出する (iede suru) (alt: いえでする) (Japanese), فرار کردن (farâr kardan) (Persian), fugir (Portuguese), убега́ть (ubegátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), убежа́ть (ubežátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), escapar (Spanish), arrancarse (Spanish), pirarse (Spanish), pirárselas (Spanish), springa bort (Swedish)
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  3. To become a runaway. (of a device or vehicle)
    Sense id: en-run_away-en-verb-wB8kAY4L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: look like who did it and ran away Related terms: runaway

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "alitia",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "ᎠᎵᏘᎠ"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "táopǎo",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "逃跑"
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          "sense": "to flee by running",
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          "roman": "pheúgō",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "φεύγω"
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          "code": "he",
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          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "בָּרַח"
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          "sense": "to flee by running",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "scappare"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "nigeru",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "逃げる"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "tousousuru",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "逃走する"
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          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "fuji"
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          "code": "kab",
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          "sense": "to flee by running",
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to flee by running",
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "stikke av"
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kaçmak",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "قاچمق"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "farâr kardan",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "فرار کردن"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "uciekać"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "fugir"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
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          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "scăpa"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ubegátʹ",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
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          "sense": "to flee by running",
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "naśyati",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "नश्यति"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
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          "roman": "sisarti",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "सिसर्ति"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "teich"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
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          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "huir"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "springa iväg"
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          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "pāripōvu",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
          "word": "పారిపోవు"
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
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          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to flee by running",
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          "text": "\"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make,\" said Jim, \"but I was at Winchester and New College.\" ¶ \"That will do,\" said Mackenzie. \"I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that.[…].\"",
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      "word": "juosta pakoon"
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      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "s’enfuir"
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      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "davonlaufen"
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      "word": "ἀποτρέχω"
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      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "בָּרַח"
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      "code": "io",
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      "word": "fugar"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "scappare"
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      "word": "逃げる"
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      "roman": "tousousuru",
      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "逃走する"
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      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
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      "word": "fuji"
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      "word": "rwel"
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      "word": "stikke av"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "word": "قاچمق"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "roman": "farâr kardan",
      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "فرار کردن"
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      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "uciekać"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "fugir"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "fugi"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "scăpa"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubegátʹ",
      "sense": "to flee by running",
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      "word": "убега́ть"
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      "roman": "ubežátʹ",
      "sense": "to flee by running",
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      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
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      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "नश्यति"
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      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
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      "sense": "to flee by running",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "huir"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "springa iväg"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "pāripōvu",
      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "పారిపోవు"
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      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to flee by running",
      "word": "cori evoye"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "離家"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "líjiā",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "离家"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "karata kotoa"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "ausreißen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "durchbrennen"
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      "alt": "いえでする",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "iede suru",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "家出する"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "farâr kardan",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "فرار کردن"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "fugir"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubegátʹ",
      "sense": "to leave home",
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      "word": "убега́ть"
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      "word": "убежа́ть"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to leave home",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "arrancarse"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "pirarse"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "pirárselas"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to leave home",
      "word": "springa bort"
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