· flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
Synonym(s): scat, run, scarper, turn_tail, lam, hightail_it, bunk, head_for_the_hills, take_to_the_woods, escape, fly_the_coop, break_away
Hypernym(s): leave, go_forth, go_away
· escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"
Hypernym(s): escape, get_away, break_loose