run away
Example Sentences
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“If there had been any way, I would have run away.”
“You know, when she was sixteen, she ran away to Oklahoma. Just took off with some guy. She was—what do you call it? Rebellious.”
She said: “Do you think—if I’d agreed to take the potion, right away—if I hadn’t run away—if I’d known more—I wouldn’t have lost him?”
From Literature
You see, I was never the sort who dreamed of running away to join the circus.
From Literature
Dawn, who ran away from home aged 11, was among them.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
