runaway
Use Runaway in a sentence
əˌweɪ noun
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, especially a teenager, who has run away from home.
adjective
6.
having run away; escaped; fugitive.
7.
(of a horse or other animal) having escaped from the control of the rider or driver.
8.
pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping: a runaway marriage.
9.
easily won, as a contest: a runaway victory at the polls.
10.
unchecked; rampant: runaway prices.
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Origin:
1505–15; noun, adj. use of verb phrase run away
1505–15; noun, adj. use of verb phrase run away
Synonyms
9. absolute, complete, perfect.
9. absolute, complete, perfect.
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Example sentences
Rising wages are broadly welcomed by the government, which would rather live with runaway businessmen than striking workers.
It was a runaway best-seller, later serialized in newspapers across the country.
Meanwhile, spending is on a runaway train and will rise well above the historical average by the end of the decade.
Numerous climatologists sound the alarm about the possibility of runaway global warming.
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