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 disease and there is no cure, but you must not run away from people with AIDS.

• put someone off the scent
• put someone on a collision course
• put someone on a pedestal
• put someone on edge
• put someone on the map
• put someone on the right track
• put someone on the shelf
• put someone on the spot
• put someone out of action
• put someone out of its misery
• put someone out of mind
• put someone out of misery
• put someone out of their misery
• put someone out of your mind
• put someone out to pasture
• put someone over knee
• put someone over the top
• put someone over your knee
• put someone's back up
• put someone's mind at ease
• put someone's mind at rest
• put someone's nose out of joint
• put someone through
• put someone through hell
• put someone through hoops