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 something on ice
• put something on the back burner
• put something on the line
• albatross around your neck
• albatross round neck
• albatross round your neck
• a leading light
• a leg up
• a leg up on
• a leg up on someone
• a leg up on something
• a leopard can't change its spots.
• a leopard doesn't change its spots.
• a level playing field
• al fresco
• a life-saver
• a lightning rod
• a likely story.
• a lingua franca
• a liquid lunch
• a list as long as arm
• a list as long as your arm
• a litmus test
• a little bird told me.
• a little bird told me so.