verb
1. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run (Freq. 12)
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If you see this man, run!
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The burglars escaped before the police showed up
• Syn:
↑scat, ↑run, ↑scarper, ↑turn tail, ↑lam, ↑hightail it, ↑bunk, ↑head for the hills, ↑take to the woods, ↑escape, ↑fly the coop, ↑break away
• Hyponyms: ↑flee, ↑fly, ↑take flight, ↑skedaddle
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s PP
2. escape from the control of (Freq. 1)
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Industry is running away with us all
• Hypernyms: ↑escape, ↑get away, ↑break loose
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Somebody ——s
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Something is ——ing PP
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Somebody ——s something PP
Useful english dictionary. 2012.