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Definition of Runaway

Runaway

  1. One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.
  2. The act of running away, esp. of a horse or teams; as, there was a runaway yesterday.
  3. Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.
  4. Accomplished by running away or elopement, or during flight; as, a runaway marriage.
  5. Won by a long lead; as, a runaway victory.
  6. Very successful; accomplishing success quickly; as, a runaway bestseller.

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

All the information you could want is constantly streaming at you like a runaway truck - books, newspaper stories, Web sites, apps, how-to videos, this article you're reading, even entire magazines devoted to single subjects like charcuterie or wedding cakes or pickles.
Mario Batali

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

Our runaway judiciary is badly in need of restraint by Congress.
Phyllis Schlafly

The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it.
John Major
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Runaway Translations

runaway in French is fuyard
runaway in Spanish is fugitivo

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