run away

run away
or[run off] {v.} To leave and not plan to come back; go without permission; escape. * /Many times Tommy said he would run away from home, but he never did./ * /The guards in jail make sure that none of the prisoners run away./ Compare: GET AWAY.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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