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单词 run away
释义

run away

1Escape from a place, person, or situation: children who run away from home normally go to London...
  • The children either came from troubled single-parent homes or had run away from home to escape from the pressures at school.
  • Mrs Du Faur even took in a student, who had run away from ‘a terrible living situation’ at home.
  • My personal solution was to run away from it all, and while that has made me happier, I also realize that it was selfish and cowardly.

Synonyms

flee, run off, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, make off, take off, take to one's heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a (hasty) retreat, make a quick exit, make one's getaway, escape, head for the hills
informal beat it, clear off, clear out, vamoose, skedaddle, split, cut and run, leg it, show a clean pair of heels, turn tail, scram, hook it, fly the coop, skip off, do a fade
British informal do a runner, scarper, do a bunk
North American informal light out, bug out, cut out, peel out, take a powder, skidoo
Australian informal go through, shoot through
archaic fly, levant
1.1 (also informal run off) Leave one’s home or current partner in order to establish a relationship with someone else: he ran off with his wife’s best friend...
  • She told authorities she had been in love with her cousin and had planned to run away with him.
  • We should run away together and start a new life.
  • Craddock's wife has run off with another man, leaving him in charge of their two children.

Synonyms

run off with, elope with
win easily, win hands down
informal win by a mile, walk it, romp home
run away with, elope with, go off with
1.2Try to avoid facing up to a difficult situation: the government are running away from their responsibilities...
  • Am I travelling towards a change in lifestyle and attitude, or merely running away from a difficult reality that I'd rather not face?
  • He accuses the Lib Dems of running away from difficult decisions, and says in many wards a vote for them would be a wasted one.
  • The theme of the film involves the central characters encountering new situations while running away from the problems of adulthood.

Synonyms

evade, dodge, get out of, shirk;
avoid, disregard, ignore, take no notice of, pay no attention to, turn one's back on
informal shut one's eyes to, duck, cop out of
See parent entry: run
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