Meaning

3 senses
  1. To flee by running.

    The crowd had to run away from the burning structure with only the clothes on their backs.

    wegrennen, davonlaufen

    сматыватьсяsmatyvatʹsja, убега́тьubegátʹ, убежа́тьubežátʹ

    flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

  2. To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.

    My parents want me to take a bath every day? Fine, I'm running away.

    ausreißen, durchbrennen

    убега́тьubegátʹ, убежа́тьubežátʹ

  3. To become a runaway. (of a device or vehicle)

    The train's brakes failed and it ran away.

    An autotrim failure can cause stabiliser trim to rapidly run away in the nose-up or nose-down direction.

Examples

866 sentences
  1. He ran away with the money.

    Він утік з грошима. — deniko

    ruОн сбежал с деньгами. — marafon

    deEr rannte mit dem Geld weg. — al_ex_an_der

  2. What are you running away from?

    Від чого ти тікаєш? — deniko

    ruОт чего ты бежишь? — odexed

  3. Tom and Mary ran away together.

    Том та Мері втекли разом. — deniko

    ruТом и Мэри сбежали вместе. — marafon

  4. He ran away when he saw me.

    Коли він мене побачив, він втік. — deniko

    ruОн убежал, когда увидел меня. — odexed

  5. The instant he saw me, he ran away.

    Як тільки він мене побачив, він побіг. — deniko

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to flee by running:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to flee by running:
to leave home:

Forms

runs away, running away, ran away, run away
Base formrun away · to run away
3rd person singularruns away
Present participlerunning away
Past simpleran away
Past participlerun away

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun away
he, she, itruns away

Past simpleLesson

all personsran away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run away
he, she, ithas run away

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run away

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
RelatedrunawayB1

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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