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runaway

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runaway
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runaway1 /ˈrʌnəweɪ/ adjective [only before noun]
1. a runaway vehicle or animal is out of control:
    a runaway horse
2. happening very easily or quickly, and not able to be controlled:
    The film was a runaway success.
    runaway inflation
    a runaway victory
3. a runaway person has left the place where they are supposed to be ⇨ run away

II
runaway2 noun [countable]
someone, especially a child, who has left home without telling anyone and does not intend to come back
run away at run1