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Definition of run away phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

run away

phrasal verb
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run away (from somebody/…)
  1. to leave somebody/a place suddenly; to escape from somebody/a place
    • He ran away from home at the age of thirteen.
    • Looking at all the accusing faces, she felt a sudden urge to run away.
    related noun runaway
run away/off with somebody | run away/off (together)
  1. to leave home, your husband, wife, etc. in order to have a relationship with another person
    • She ran away with the next-door neighbour.
    • She and the next-door neighbour ran away together.
See run away in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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