Frank arrived on the scene, saw what had happened, and ran away with the other boys.
•Tom ran away with Bill to a place where they could hide.
2. [for two people] to elope. •Jill ran away with Jack, much to her father's relief.
•Jill and Jack ran away with each other.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
run away from someone — run away (from (someone/something)) 1. to leave a person or place secretly and suddenly. Vinnie ran away from home when he was 16. 2. to avoid someone or something unpleasant. You can t run away from your problems by watching videos all day. It… … New idioms dictionary
run away with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms run away with : present tense I/you/we/they run away with he/she/it runs away with present participle running away with past tense ran away with past participle run away with 1) run away with someone to… … English dictionary
run away with — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you let your imagination or your emotions run away with you, you fail to control them and cannot think sensibly. [V P P pron] You re letting your imagination run away with you... [V P P pron] Radford sometimes allows his… … English dictionary
run away with — 1) take quickly and secretly especially without permission or by stealing Someone ran away with the dictionary so now we don t have one. 2) take hold of Their imagination ran away with them when they went to the circus. They decided that they… … Idioms and examples
run away — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you run away from a place, you leave it because you are unhappy there. [V P from n] I ran away from home when I was sixteen... [V P] After his beating Colin ran away and hasn t been heard of since... [V P to n] Three years ago… … English dictionary
run away from something — run away (from (someone/something)) 1. to leave a person or place secretly and suddenly. Vinnie ran away from home when he was 16. 2. to avoid someone or something unpleasant. You can t run away from your problems by watching videos all day. It… … New idioms dictionary
run away from — run away (from (someone/something)) 1. to leave a person or place secretly and suddenly. Vinnie ran away from home when he was 16. 2. to avoid someone or something unpleasant. You can t run away from your problems by watching videos all day. It… … New idioms dictionary
run away — (from (someone/something)) 1. to leave a person or place secretly and suddenly. Vinnie ran away from home when he was 16. 2. to avoid someone or something unpleasant. You can t run away from your problems by watching videos all day. It is a… … New idioms dictionary
away with — To run away with ● make * * * I said as an exhortation to overcome or be rid of something; let us be rid of away with poverty! II away (or off or out, etc.) with used in exhortations to take or send someone or something away, in, out, etc off… … Useful english dictionary
run off with — (smth) go away with someone, elope My sister ran off with her boyfriend and got married when she was quite young … Idioms and examples
run — run1 [ rʌn ] (past tense ran [ ræn ] ; past participle run) verb *** ▸ 1 move quickly with legs ▸ 2 control/organize ▸ 3 machine: work ▸ 4 liquid: flow ▸ 5 try to be elected ▸ 6 vehicle: travel ▸ 7 be shown/performed ▸ 8 reach amount/rate ▸ 9… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
