runaway

[US]/'rʌnəweɪ/

[UK]/'rʌnəwe/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. escaping or fleeing, as from danger or confinement
n. an act of fleeing or running away; a person who has escaped

runaway train

runaway child

runaway bride

thermal runaway

runaway inflation

a runaway car; runaway inflation.

the runaway success of the book.

runaway horses; runaway children.

a play about teenage runaways

a runaway car hurtled towards them.

A runaway car rolled down a hill and crashed into ten cars.

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