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runaway

[ ruhn-uh-wey ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

having run away; escaped; fugitive.
(of a horse or other animal) having escaped from the control of the rider or driver.
pertaining to or accomplished by running away or eloping:
a runaway marriage.
easily won, as a contest:
a runaway victory at the polls.
Synonyms: complete, absolute
unchecked; rampant:
runaway prices.
Informal. deserting or revolting against one's group, duties, expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc.:
The runaway delegates nominated their own candidate.

Origin of runaway¹

First recorded in 1505–15; noun, adj. use of verb phrase run away

In other words, runaway defense spending is a bipartisan problem.

But the runaway best example of the game is another cluster of British luxury vehicles—Range Rover, Land Rover and Jaguar.

Runaway corporations benefited from those policies but want U.S. companies to pay their share of the tab.

They told her they had heard she harbored gay men and runaway girls.

Godzilla and X-Men: Days of Future Past both did well at the box office, but neither were runaway success stories.

And here we come to the first unpleasant incident in the story of the runaway children.

"He's a runaway, sir, from my kennels out in Townsend," the man explained to Mr. Cordyce.

"And there's that infernal coward of a ranchero," cried Coronado, as the runaway sentry sneaked back to the group.

That I should have to meet this miserable runaway serf, and find myself in his power in the midst of a Syrian desert!

The shot had missed; they heard the runaway splash into the river and go stumbling across it and then there was silence.

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