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run away

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of RUN AWAY

1
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation <ran away from an unhappy marriage>
2
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening <the child runs away from large dogs>
Related Words abscond, clear out, decamp, elope, escape, get (away), get out, lam, light out, make off, mizzle [chiefly British], scarper [British], scat, scram, skip (out), skirr

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