Vocabulary

Form

to run away; to flee; to make off; to take to one's heels; to escape

verb vi
N1 freq #29

Example sentences

The moment he saw me, he grew pale and ran away.

He took to his heels when he saw a policeman.

He admitted his eagerness to escape from here.

At the age of seventeen, he fled his native village.

The thief ran away when she saw the policeman.

One of the boys suddenly ran away.

No sooner had he seen me than he began to run away.

I felt like running away.