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runaway

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run⋅a⋅way

  [ruhn-uh-wey]
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–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, esp. 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.
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.
Origin:
1505–15; n., adj. use of v. phrase run away

Synonyms:
9. absolute, complete, perfect.
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run·a·way   (rŭn'ə-wā')   
n.  

  1. A person or animal that has run away.

  2. Something that has escaped control or proper confinement.

  3. Informal An easy victory.

adj.  

  1. Escaping or having escaped restraint, captivity, or control: runaway horses; runaway children.

  2. Out of control: a runaway car; runaway inflation.

  3. Easily won: a runaway victory.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

runaway  (n.)
1547, from run (v.) + away.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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