Run-away Definition

verb

To flee by running.

The crowd had to run away from the burning structure with only the clothes on their backs.
Wiktionary

To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.

The little boy was unhappy about having to take a bath every day and decided to run away from home.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun

Alternative spelling of runaway.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Run-away

Noun

Singular:
run-away
Plural:
run-aways

Run-away Sentence Examples

  • I've tried to run away so many times.

  • I didn't run away.

  • Oh, it was a lovely and delicate doll! but the little girl's brother, a tall lad, had taken the doll, and set it up in a high tree in the garden, and had run away.

  • The hungrier people were ... the less likely they were to run away.

  • If a company posts exorbitant statements about the amount of money you can make, claims you can quit your job and live off your earnings, and then asks for a payment from you, run away.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to run-away using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

RRURUN

Words Ending With

YAYWAY

Unscrambles

run-away

Words Starting With R and Ending With Y

Starts With R & Ends With YStarts With RU & Ends With YStarts With R & Ends With AY

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With R8 Letter Words Ending With Y