Runaway
One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.
The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday.
Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.
Accomplished by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage.
Won by a long lead; as, a runaway victory.
Very successful; accomplishing success quickly; as, a runaway bestseller.
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Runaway Quotations
I did get to keep the wedding dresses from 'Runaway Bride'. They're all boxed up in my garage. I've never opened them. It'll be fun one day when Hazel is taller. She can play dress-up with her friends.
Julia Roberts
It's up to people like us, all of us, to address and talk about things like runaway global warming and how we can use things like remote viewing to save our planet.
Jim Sullivan
When runaway inflation and bank failures struck in Germany in the 1920s, the middle class was destroyed, which led directly to the rise of the Nazis.
Nick Clooney
As I look back over my life, before I had any real identity, I was a traveler. I grew up an Army brat, a runaway, an activist, and a musician. All my life I've been traveling.
Michelle Shocked
Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of runaway spending and corruption.
Sherrod Brown
The reality is that zero defects in products plus zero pollution plus zero risk on the job is equivalent to maximum growth of government plus zero economic growth plus runaway inflation.
Dixie Lee Ray
I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I didn't have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling.
Carre Otis
President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate.
Peter Fenn
One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him.
Jeffrey Bernard
Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress.
Phyllis Schlafly
Runaway Translations
runaway in French is fuyard
runaway in Spanish is fugitivo
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