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Verb
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Present participle for to retreat from something frightening or dangerous
fleeing
bolting
escaping
skedaddling
vamoosing
splitting
scarpering
scramming
scraming
retreating
running
breaking
flying
levanting
running off
making off
taking off
beating it
clearing out
clearing off
taking flight
running for it
cutting and run
cutting out
bugging out
beating a retreat
beating a hasty retreat
legging it
lighting out
turning tail
hightailing it
making a run for it
hooking it
making a break for it
peeling out
doing a runner
heading for the hills
taking a powder
doing a bunk
making a quick exit
flying the coop
skipping off
going through
shooting through
doing a fade
showing a clean pair of heels
dashing off
more ❯
“Arthur Morgan would run away from the O'Driscolls who were shooting at him.”
Verb
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Present participle for to avoid facing up to a difficult situation
avoiding
dodging
evading
ignoring
shirking
disregarding
ducking
getting out of
paying no attention to
taking no notice of
copping out of
turning your back on
shutting eyes to
“His sister told him that he had to clear up the mess he had created rather than run away from it.”
Verb
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Present participle for to leave a relationship in order to establish another one
eloping with
running off with
“There have been instances where young lasses have decided to run away with their beau to escape from poverty.”
Verb
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Present participle for to abandon someone or something
abandoning
deserting
leaving
stranding
ditching
forsaking
dumping
jilting
abdicating
marooning
leaving behind
breaking with
casting aside
casting off
running out on
walking out on
letting go of
turning your back on
washing your hands of
backing out of
hanging out to dry
withdrawing from
binning off
leaving hanging
kissing goodbye
walking away
walking away from
leaving high and dry
leaving in the lurch
running away from
leaving stranded
breaking up with
quitting
throwing over
giving someone the big E
cutting loose
giving someone the push
dropping
chucking
rejecting
betraying
disowning
jettisoning
repudiating
flying the coop
turning back on
legging it
pulling out of
chickening out
flaking out
letting someone stew in their own juice
giving up the ship
copping out
disposing of
bowing out
bailing out
dropping out
taking a walk
screwing
orphaning
taking a powder
storming out
opting out of
spurning
surrendering
sacrificing
resigning
yielding
giving up
going away from
giving the elbow
showing the door
ratting on
taking your leave of
leaving flat
giving someone the air
departing from
abstaining from
“Maximo wasn't the kind of man who would run away from his responsibilities.”
Verb
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Present participle for to be liberated or freed from (something)
escaping
fleeing
flying
lamming
absconding
running off
clearing out
getting out
breaking out of
running
bolting
skedaddling
retreating
breaking
bugging out
hightailing it
hightailing
decamping
spreading
getting away
busting out
cutting and run
dashing
rushing
racing
scurrying
speeding
hurrying
scooting
zipping
more ❯
“Suzy had decided that it was time to run away from her abusive parents.”
Verb
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Present participle for to achieve a big or easy victory
winning easily
romping home
winning hands down
winning by a mile
walking it
“The local team would run away with a big win over their long-time rivals.”
Verb
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Present participle for to be absent from school without permission
truanting
skiving
wagging
malingering
shirking
ditching
mitching
mooching
deserting
bunking off
skiving off
playing hookey
playing truant
absenting yourself
goofing off
mitching off
playing the wag
bagging it
hooking Jack
staying away from school
playing hooky
bobbing off
going missing
hopping the wag
playing the hop
Noun
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The action or fact of leaving or running away from a place or group
abandonment
desertion
absconding
flight
escape
decamping
departure
bolting
evasion
fleeing
flying
departing
disappearance
marooning
retreat
turning tail
withdrawal
running out on
getaway
break
slip
decampment
breakout
lam
exit
exodus
rout
bunk
escaping
vanishing act
more ❯
Adjective
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Fleeing or running away (from a place or group)
fugitive
runaway
fleeing
escaped
escaping
deserting
AWOL
wanted
evading
on the loose
on the run
at large
on the lam
loose
absconding
in flight
running scared
in retreat
roaming
set loose
free
unconfined
unchained
at liberty
unbound
unrestrained
unshackled
unfettered
untied
unrestricted
let go
unlocked
released
uncaged
freed
unbolted
riderless
running
driverless
out
footloose
wild
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