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.

• in the loop
• in the main
• in the making
• in the market for
• in the market for something
• in the meantime
• in the meanwhile
• in the medium term
• in the middle of
• in the middle of doing something
• in the middle of nowhere
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• in the midst of
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• in the money
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• in the nick of time
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• in the palm of hand