run away

See also: runaway, run away with, and run-away

English

Verb

run away (third-person singular simple present runs away, present participle running away, simple past ran away, past participle run away)

1. To flee by running

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

2. 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.

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     "I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. […]."

Translations

to flee by running

• Arabic: هَرَبَ (ar) (haraba)
• Catalan: fugir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逃跑 (zh) (táopǎo)

• Czech: utéct (cs)
• Dutch: vluchten (nl), weglopen (nl)
• Esperanto: forkuri
• Finnish: juosta pakoon
• French: s’enfuir (fr)
• Friulian: fuî, scjampâ
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: wegrennen (de), davonlaufen (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: φεύγω (pheúgō), ἀποτρέχω (apotrékhō)

• Ido: fugar (io)
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• Italian: scappare (it), fuggire (it)
• Japanese: 逃げる (ja) (nigeru), 逃走する (tousousuru)
• Latin: fugiō (la)
• Ngazidja Comorian: utrawa
• Norwegian: stikke av
• Persian: فرار کردن (fa) (farâr kardan)
• Polish: uciekać (pl)
• Portuguese: fugir (pt)
• Romanian: fugi (ro), scăpa (ro)
• Russian: убега́ть (ru) impf (ubegátʹ), убежа́ть (ru) pf (ubežátʹ)
• Sanskrit: नश्यति (sa) (naśyati)
• Spanish: huir (es)
• Swedish: springa iväg
• Telugu: పారిపోవు (te) (pāripōvu)
• Walloon: cori evoye (wa)

to leave home

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 離家／离家 (líjiā), 离家 (líjiā)

• Finnish: karata kotoa
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: ausreißen (de), durchbrennen (de)
• Japanese: 家出する (いえでする, iede suru)
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• Persian: فرار کردن (fa) (farâr kardan)
• Portuguese: fugir (pt)
• Russian: убега́ть (ru) impf (ubegátʹ), убежа́ть (ru) pf (ubežátʹ)
• Spanish: escapar (es), arrancarse (es)
• Swedish: springa bort

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} forkuri
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See also

• runaway