run away
Example Sentences
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"Everyone really mobbed him so a member of staff quickly rescued him and put him behind the desk for a cheeky photo by our celebrity leaderboard, and then he ran away and left."
From BBC
Instead of sitting down to process these conflicts, Jay decides to run away from them, dropping out of his next movie to follow Daisy to Europe.
From Los Angeles Times
Livermore ran away from home at age 14 and got work as a “board boy,” posting stock prices that came in on the telegraph.
“And sometimes, they run away with your money.”
From Los Angeles Times
She did have a "genuine link" to a VIP box, said her solicitor, who described it as a sad tale, and a lie that ran away.
From BBC
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