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Runaway   /rˈənəwˌeɪ/   Listen
adjective
Runaway  adj.  
1.
Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.
2.
Accomplished by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage.


noun
Runaway  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive. "Thou runaway, thou coward, art thou fled?"
2.
The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday.





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"Runaway" Quotes from Famous Books



... were singing out of tune, And hoarse with having little else to do, Excepting to wind up the sun and moon, Or curb a runaway young star or two, Or wild colt of a comet, which too soon Broke out of bounds o'er the ethereal blue, Splitting some planet with its playful tail, As boats are sometimes ...
— English Satires • Various
... shook hands with the others, and then turned to him. "And who is your little friend?" she asked Edred, and in the same breath cried out—"Why, it's my little runaway!" ...
— Harding's luck • E. [Edith] Nesbit
... 19, 1877. MY DEAR HOWELLS,—I don't really see how the story of the runaway horse could read well with the little details of names and places and things left out. They are the true life of all narrative. It wouldn't quite do to print them at this time. We'll talk about it when you come. Delicacy—a sad, sad false delicacy—robs literature of the best ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... Catastrophe was out of sight. In the evening they doubled Cape Borda, and came alongside Kangaroo Island. This is the largest of the Australian islands, and a great hiding place for runaway convicts. Its appearance was enchanting. The stratified rocks on the shore were richly carpeted with verdure, and innumerable kangaroos were jumping over the woods and plains, just as at the time of its discovery in 1802. Next day, boats were sent ...
— In Search of the Castaways • Jules Verne
... course, at once despatched his myrmidons after them, but having a few hours' start of the pursuers the runaway revolutionists contrived to clear off from Port au Prince, concealing themselves in the mountain fastnesses at the eastern ...
— The Ghost Ship - A Mystery of the Sea • John C. Hutcheson


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