Thesaurus
Synonyms and Antonyms of ran away
- ran away from an unhappy marriage
avoided, eluded, evaded, lost, shunned
decamped, departed, eloped, exited, left, moved, pulled out, quit (also quitted), sallied (forth), shoved (off), took off, walked out, went
brought off, emancipated, enfranchised, freed, liberated, loosed, loosened, manumitted, redeemed, released, rescued, sprang (or sprung), unbound, uncaged, unchained, unfettered
- the child runs away from large dogs
bolted, broke, bugged out, fled, flew, hightailed (it), ran (also chiefly dialectal run), ran off, retreated, skedaddled
absconded, cleared out, decamped, eloped, escaped, got (away), got out, lammed, lit (or lighted out), made off, mizzled [chiefly British], scarpered [British], scatted, scrammed, skipped (out), skirred
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