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RELATED WORDS : away away game back away bank run barter away battle of bull run bear away beaver away blaze away blink away bombing run break away breaking away bull run carried away carry away cart away cast away chase away chicken run chip away chip away at clear away come away cut away die away do away with draw away dribble away drift away drive away drop away dry run dwindle away dwindling away earned run earned run average eat away eating away ebb away end run fade away fading away fall away far and away file away flow away fool away fowl run frighten away fritter away frivol away fun run get away get away with give away go away going away grind away hammer away at haul away have it away hive away home away from home home run in the long run keep away laugh away lay away lock away long run look away melt away mine run move away on the run out and away pack away pass away peg away piddle away pine away piss away pit run plug away pound away press run print run pull away push away put away rationalise away rationalize away ride away right away run run a risk run across run afoul run after run against run aground run along run amok run around run at run bases run batted in run by run down run dry run for run in run into run low run off run on run out run over run ragged run riot run roughshod run short run the gauntlet run through run up run wild running away rush away salt away scare away send away shoo away shut away shy away from sign away ski run slip away sneak away sock away spirit away split run square away squirrel away stack away stash away stay away steal away stow away sweep away take away taking away tear away throw away throwing away toss away trial run trifle away tuck away turn away turn away from turning away unearned run walk away wanton away wash away waste away wasting away wear away wearing away while away while away the time whisk away whittle away wipe away worn away yack away yap away

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb run away has 2 senses

• run away(v = verb.motion) break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail - flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
is one way to go away, go forth, leave
Derived form noun runaway₂
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

• run away(v = verb.motion) Array - escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"
is one way to break loose, escape, get away
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something PP

THESAURUS

run away

abscond, absquatulate, beat a retreat, bolt, clear out, cut and run, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, elope, flee, fly, fugitate, go AWOL, hightail, jump, jump bail, levant, make off, make tracks, run, run along, run away from, run away with, run for it, run off, show the heels, skedaddle, skip, skip out, slip the cable, take French leave, take flight, take to flight, take wing, turn tail

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run away

Cowardice

VB quail, be cowardly, be a coward, funk, cower, skulk, sneak, flinch, shy, fight shy, slink, turn tail, run away, show, the white feather.

Recession

VB recede, go, move back, move from, retire, withdraw, shrink, back off, come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away, depart, retreat, move off, stand off, sheer off, fall back, stand aside, run away, remove, shunt, distance.

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