Runaway

  • 21runaway — /run euh way /, n. 1. a person who runs away; fugitive; deserter. 2. a horse or team that has broken away from control. 3. the act of running away. 4. a decisive or easy victory. 5. a young person, esp. a teenager, who has run away from home. adj …

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  • 22runaway — run|a|way1 [ rʌnə,weı ] noun count someone who has left their home or escaped from somewhere: One of the runaways was her son. runaway run|a|way 2 [ rʌnə,weı ] adjective only before noun 1. ) a runaway vehicle or animal is moving fast without… …

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  • 23runaway — 1. noun a teenage runaway Syn: fugitive, escapee; refugee; truant; absconder, deserter 2. adjective 1) a runaway horse Syn: out of control, escaped, loose, on the loose 2) a runaway vict …

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  • 24runaway — [ˈrʌnəˌweɪ] adj I 1) a runaway vehicle or animal is moving fast without anyone controlling it 2) happening or increasing very quickly runaway inflation[/ex] 3) a runaway person has left their home or has escaped from somewhere II noun [C] runaway …

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  • 25runaway — n. 1 a fugitive. 2 an animal or vehicle that is running out of control. 3 (attrib.) a that is running away or out of control (runaway inflation; had a runaway success). b done or performed after running away (a runaway wedding) …

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  • 26runaway — 1. adjective a) out of control b) who has run away 2. noun a) A person, animal, or organization that escapes limitations. Runaway children are vulnerable to criminal exploitation …

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  • 27runaway — run•a•way [[t]ˈrʌn əˌweɪ[/t]] n. 1) a person who runs away; fugitive; deserter 2) a horse or team that has broken away 3) the act of running away 4) an easy victory 5) cvb a young person who has run away from home 6) escaped; fugitive 7) (esp. of …

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  • 28runaway — adj. Runaway is used with these nouns: ↑hit, ↑horse, ↑inflation, ↑slave, ↑success, ↑train, ↑win, ↑winner …

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  • 29Runaway —    Voir Runaway, l évadé du futur …

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  • 30runaway — noun 1》 a person who has run away from their home or an institution. 2》 [as modifier] (of an animal or vehicle) running out of control.     ↘happening or done quickly or uncontrollably: runaway success …

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