run away
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.25 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.
Example Sentences
- "The crowd had to run away from the burning structure with only the clothes on their backs."
- "Sometimes I feel I've got to / Run away / I've got to / Get away from the pain you drive into the heart of me"
- "My parents want me to take a bath every day? Fine, I'm running away."
- ""I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that.[…].""
- "I decided to move out of the house when I was 24; my mother still refers to this as the time I ran away from home."
- "Look, kid... it's getting kind of late. It'll be dark soon. Maybe running away today isn't such a good idea."