run away (from someone or something)

To flee or escape (from someone or something). When I was a teenager, I ran away from home at one point and lived on the streets for nearly a month. I can't find my dog. I hope he didn't run away. The soldier was court-martialed for running away during the skirmish.

run away (from someone or something)

to flee someone or something. Please don't run away from me. I mean you no harm. Our dog ran away from the lawn mower.

run away

1. Flee, escape, as in Our dog is no watchdog; he runs away from strangers, or Our six-year-old said he'd run away from home. [Late 1300s]

2. Also, run off. Leave secretly, especially to elope, as in She ran away from home when she was only thirteen, or They ran off to Maryland and got married by a justice of the peace. [Early 1600s]

3. it won't run away. An object, activity, or issue will not disappear, as in You can leave, but when you come back the mess in the kitchen will still be there-it won't run away, you know! This jocular assurance of permanence dates from the late 1800s. Also see run away with.

run away

1. To flee; escape: As the soldiers approached the town, many people ran away. The mouse ran away from the cat.

2. To secretly leave one's home to escape it: Every year, many teenagers run away and never return home.

3. To secretly leave one's home to elope or have a romantic relationship: They didn't want to deal with a big wedding, so they ran away to Las Vegas.

4. run away with To surpass an opponent and attain some prize: They ran away with the championship, defeating every opponent handily.

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I asked her how she managed to run away from our home and why?

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Andy McCullough, Railway Children's head of UK policy and public affairs says: "Children run away for a variety of reasons, such as problems experienced at school, relationship issues or family breakdown.

It is good to talk to stop runaways; One child runs away from home every five minutes in the UK. But just listening to children can help, writes LISA SALMON

| More girls run away than boys but boys tend to stay away longer | More girls run away than boys but boys tend to stay away longer

It is good to talk to stop runaways; One child runs away from home every five minutes in the UK. But just listening to children can help, writes LISA SALMON,

The police knocked down the door of the house to rescue her - and she said that experience has made her decide never to run away again.

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Statistics from a 2010 Urban Institute research brief show that one in five youth runs away before reaching age 18, and of that 20% who do run, half of them run away two or more times.

Hitting home: how the runaway experience haunts adults

This wasn't the first time the girls had run away from home and with no transport or money to travel back to their homes they'd reluctantly agreed to a lift, putting themselves in immense danger.

'My family was always fighting. I hated it so much that running away became a habit' EXCLUSIVE Every day scores of youngsters run away from home, often putting themselves in terrible danger and the number is rising. Charlotte Ward discovers why.

was also charged with stealing a pick-up truck from an employee and using it to run away.

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Pergamit titled "On the Lifetime Prevalence of Running Away from Home." The paper presents data from a National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) to explore the "lifetime prevalence" or the percentage of youth who ever run away from home, number of runaway episodes and the age at which they first run away.

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The author quoted some farmers as saying that they liked using the Thai workers better because "Mexicans run away," and the contract workers can't run off.

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ALMOST two in every 100 children run away from home in the North East, new figures have revealed.

Thousands of children run away from home

Teenage women who run away from home are at increased risk of becoming sexually experienced within a year, according to an analysis based on two waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health).

Running away linked to sexual initiation

By Yasmine Abu TarboushOf late, many households have been complaining that their domestic maids, mainly Asian, have run away without a trace, taking with them money or jewelry that they stole from their employers.

Domestic workers on the run: WhoAAEs to blame

I found him as a stray and assumed he had run away from his original owner.

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