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Meanings of runaway in English

Spanish
tránsfugo

Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation.

        tránsfugo

        An easy victory.

              How far can you journey when daydreaming? Pretty far it seems. Throw in homework and a balloon, and you never know the places you’ll go.

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                    Runaway.

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                            Usage of runaway in English
                            1
                            There is a great risk of runaway wildfires under the current conditions.
                            The South African
                            2
                            Eventually the runaway must land in the arms of the mounted police.
                            Australia Felix
                            3
                            No doubt in pursuit of a runaway; perhaps with those terrible dogs.
                            Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
                            4
                            Much more still needs to be done to curb runaway sentence inflation.
                            The Guardian
                            5
                            Chadwick had worked with the FBI on runaway cases a few times.
                            Cold springs
                            6
                            China, for now, has the ability to cap runaway rare earth prices.
                            Reuters
                            7
                            Schiller said he wasn't surprised the Obama posters were a runaway success.
                            Wired
                            8
                            The runaway slaves were usually caught in this part of the country.
                            Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
                            9
                            No single strategy for prevention or cure had been a runaway success.
                            The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
                            10
                            No police record, no history of drugs, doesn't profile as a runaway.
                            Grave Secrets
                            11
                            Hence his anger at the runaway match and all concerned in it.
                            Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02
                            12
                            Went out to lunch and saw a runaway elephant in the Strand.
                            Not that it Matters
                            13
                            And believe me, I have not had a runaway since last summer.
                            The Irda (Children of the Stars)
                            14
                            The runaway gondola had perhaps a hundred yards the best of it.
                            The Lure of the Mask
                            15
                            I found him in the possession of a runaway Indian, Yellow Elk.
                            The Boy Land Boomer; Or, Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma
                            16
                            She's been missing, a runaway, but I've convinced her to go home.
                            I'd know you anywhere
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                            Translations for runaway
                            Runaway through the time
                            Runaway across language varieties
                            South Africa
                            Common
                            Australia
                            Common
                            Ireland
                            Common
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