phrasal verb · informal
run away
/rʌn əˈweɪ/RUN·a·WAY
speakingtask2
leave a place or situation secretly or suddenly to escape from it
Examples
“He nearly ran away from home when he was seventeen.”
“Many businesses run away from the city center because of high rents.”
“The horse ran away with the carriage.”
Band 8 sentence
“After a week of feeling overwhelmed, she almost ran away from her responsibilities, which she later regretted.”
Collocations
- run away from home
- run away with
Word family
run away phrasal verbran away pastrunning away gerund
Common mistakes
leave→run away
go out→run away
Say it for a higher band
5leave→6escape→7+run away
Synonyms
escape
Easily confused
escape
“He tried to escape from the locked room.”
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