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1. Completely out of control
   "runaway inflation"

1. An easy victory
   - blowout, romp, laugher, shoo-in [N. Amer], walkaway
    
2. Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
   "runaways from the sweatshops";
   - fugitive, fleer

1. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
   "If you see this man, run away!";
   - scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam [N. Amer], hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away, leg it [Brit]
    
2. Escape from the control of
   "Industry is running away with us all"

Derived forms: runaways, runs away, run away, running away, ran away

See also: run, uncontrolled

Type of: break loose, escape, get away, go away, go forth, individual, leave, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, triumph, victory

Encyclopedia: Runaway Runaway, A Road Adventure