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Noun running away has 1 sense
- running away - leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be
--1 is a kind of deed, feat, effort, exploit
--1 has particulars: elopement; escape, flight
Verb run away has 2 senses
- run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away - flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
--1 is one way to leave, go forth, go away
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- run away - escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"
--2 is one way to escape, get away, break loose
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something PP
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