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run-away

 
Adjective run-away has 1 sense
  1. runaway - completely out of control; "runaway inflation"
    Antonym: controlled (indirect, via uncontrolled)
Noun run-away has 2 senses
  1. runaway, blowout, romp, laugher, shoo-in, walkaway - an easy victory
    --1 is a kind of victory, triumph
  2. fugitive, runaway - someone who flees from an uncongenial situation; "fugitives from the sweatshops"
    --2 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
    Derived form: verb run away1
Verb run-away has 2 senses
  1. run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away - flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
    --1 is one way to leave, go forth, go away
    Derived form: noun runaway2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. run away - escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"
    --2 is one way to escape, get away, break loose
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
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