Wiktionary
vb. 1 To flee by running 2 To leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.
WordNet
v. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: run, scarper, turn tail, lam, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away]
escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"
Wikipedia
"Run Away" is a song by German group Real McCoy. It was released in March 1995 as the third single from the album, " Another Night". It gained immense popularity and reached number 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, where it was certified Gold, and number 6 in the United Kingdom. The lyrics are based on the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Also, all female vocals on the song were performed by Karin Kasar.
Backup singers were used to enhance the post-chorus refrain where Karin sings "oh oh oh oh" because the vocal melody fell out of Kasar's vocal range.
"Run Away" is a song by alternative rock group Live, which was released as a single from their 2003 album, Birds of Pray.
The American release, which was issued only as a single-track radio promo, is a re-recorded version of the song with country music artist Shelby Lynne sharing lead vocals with Ed Kowalczyk. This version was released on Live's greatest hits album Awake: The Best of Live (2004). The other worldwide releases contain the original version of the song.
"Run Away" is a song performed by SunStroke Project and Olia Tira, and represented Moldova at the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in May 2010 in Oslo, Norway. The song won the final of the O melodie pentru Europa 2010, that took place on 6 March. It gained the maximum number of points from both the juries and the televotes.
In the contest, it was performed first on the night of the first semi-final, preceding Russia's Lost and Forgotten and passed to the final. The inspiration for the "Epic Jazz Jive" came from observing ducks, waddling through sand, on the beach.
After the contest, "Run Away" would also become the subject of a major internet meme surrounding the saxophone solos performed by saxophonist Sergey Stepanov who, in a phenomenon similar to Rickrolling and Trololo, was dubbed the "Epic Sax Guy" in videos on YouTube. The rules of the contest prohibited musical instruments being played on stage, meaning Stepanov was not actually playing the saxophone at all, but rather synchronising movements with a prerecorded track.
"Run Away (I Wanna Be with U)" is a song by American R&B recording artist Nivea, taken from her self-titled debut album. The song, released December 10, 2001, serves as the album's second single. The song features American rapper Pusha T of the highly acclaimed hip hop duo Clipse and was produced by The Neptunes.
"Run Away" is a 1977 disco single written by Ronnie James and Vincent Montana, Jr. and performed by The Salsoul Orchestra with featured vocals by Loleatta Holloway. The single was from the band's Magic Journey album. Along with the tracks, "Magic Bird of Fire", and "Getaway", "Run Away" went to #3 on the US disco chart. On the soul chart, "Run Away" peaked at #84.
Usage examples of "run away".
I found out later he had been raised in a religious home, but had run away and been in jail countless times for addiction and theft.
I knew that, Highborn, I would have a better idea myself whether to stand here, run away, or compose the last thoughts of my regrettably brief life.
Perhaps, when you return, you will no longer need to run away from your pain.
So impressed that by the time Jackson had quelled the Red Sticks and was heading on to do battle in New Orleans, Jarrett decided to run away from homeleaving his father and Mary a very apologetic note.
He had been so worried that she meant to run away from him again that he had been, in his strange way, running away from her.