| 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, esp. a teenager, who has run away from home. |
| 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. |
| 11. | Informal. deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, esp. to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.: The runaway delegates nominated their own candidate. |
