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[ verb ] flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
Examples "If you see this man, run!" "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" Used in print (Howard Fast, April Morning....)I put a_lot more trust in my two legs than in the gun , because the most important thing I had learned about war was that you could run_away and survive to talk_about it . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)The ungainly bird thing ran_away , and to David its croaking sounded like the crowing of a tormented rooster . |
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[ verb ] escape from the control of
Examples "Industry is running away with us all" Used in print (Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)Thus , if corporations are not to run_away with us , they must become quasi governmental institutions , subject_to public control and needs . Related terms |
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