run away
36 synonyms found
- abscond
- absquatulate
- beat a retreat
- bolt
- clear out
- cut and run
- cut out
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- elope
- flee
- fly
- fugitate
- go AWOL
- hightail
- jump
- jump bail
- levant
- make off
- make tracks
- run along
- run away from
- run away with
- run for it
- run off
- show the heels
- skedaddle
- skip
- skip out
- slip the cable
- take flight
- take French leave
- take to flight
- take wing
- turn tail
Definition
(v) :
to flee by running; 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
"the crowd had to run away from the burning structure with only the clothes on their backs."