Runaway
adjective
Something or someone that has escaped or left quickly.
The runaway horse caused panic in the streets.
noun
A person who has left or run away from somewhere, often a young person running away from home.
The police are searching for a runaway teenager.
Often appears as...
- runaway child
- runaway teen
adjective
Out of control and increasing rapidly.
Our project's costs are becoming a runaway problem.
Often appears as...
- runaway inflation
- runaway problem
noun
A steep slope or long stretch of road allowing vehicles moving downhill to stop safely.
The truck was moving so quickly it had to use the runaway.
Often appears as...
- truck runaway
- vehicle runaway
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Something or someone that has escaped or left quickly.
The runaway horse caused panic in the streets.
noun
A person who has left or run away from somewhere, often a young person running away from home.
The police are searching for a runaway teenager.
Often appears as...
- runaway child
- runaway teen
adjective
Out of control and increasing rapidly.
Our project's costs are becoming a runaway problem.
Often appears as...
- runaway inflation
- runaway problem
noun
A steep slope or long stretch of road allowing vehicles moving downhill to stop safely.
The truck was moving so quickly it had to use the runaway.
Often appears as...
- truck runaway
- vehicle runaway
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Quick Escape
Emphasizes sudden departure. Often hints at avoidance of a difficult situation.
After the argument, she made a runaway exit.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Liberty
Can imply liberation, as if breaking free from constraints or control.
The runaway dog finally tasted freedom.
Pro Tip 1/2Quick Escape
Emphasizes sudden departure. Often hints at avoidance of a difficult situation.
After the argument, she made a runaway exit.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Liberty
Can imply liberation, as if breaking free from constraints or control.
The runaway dog finally tasted freedom.
Pro Tip 1/2Quick Escape
Emphasizes sudden departure. Often hints at avoidance of a difficult situation.
After the argument, she made a runaway exit.
Pro Tip 2/2Unexpected Liberty
Can imply liberation, as if breaking free from constraints or control.
The runaway dog finally tasted freedom.
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Pulling back the curtain...
your currency you can actually print your way out of a crisis sometimes it's not generally recommended there are side effects too yes I mean you'd have runaway inflation in your central bank but yes in theory it's easier if it is in your own country under your own laws
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Sir Martin Rees: Earth...
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The mathematician who...
and how much talent is going into it. Do you have any worries about that industry, and perhaps the financial industry in general? Kind of being on a runaway train that's -- I don't know -- helping increase inequality?
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Donald Sadoway: The...
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what a charming remark so once the book came out and became a runaway sensation was your life turned upside down
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This deep-sea mystery is...
What if it involves some cool, ultra-stable compounds that we could use to increase the shelf life in biomedical or industrial applications? Or maybe if we figure out the mechanism that they use to grow so extraordinarily slowly, we could mimic it in cancer cells and slow runaway cell division.
Video examples
Rob Hopkins: Transition...
If just three percent of the carbon locked up in the arctic permafrost is released as the world warms, it would offset all the savings that we need to make, in carbon, over the next 40 years to avoid runaway climate change. We have no choice other than deep and urgent decarbonization.
Video examples
Pulling back the curtain...
your currency you can actually print your way out of a crisis sometimes it's not generally recommended there are side effects too yes I mean you'd have runaway inflation in your central bank but yes in theory it's easier if it is in your own country under your own laws
Video examples
Sir Martin Rees: Earth...
But could they have predicted this unprecedented spike less than halfway through the Earth's life? These human-induced alterations occupying overall less than a millionth of the elapsed lifetime and seemingly occurring with runaway speed? If they continued their vigil,
Video examples
A glimpse of life on the...
renouncing materialism, traditional jobs and university degrees in exchange for a glimmer of adventure. Others come from the underbelly of society, never given a chance to mobilize foster care dropouts, teenage runaways escaping abuse and unforgiving homes.
Video examples
Is the world getting...
have been in vain, why throw good money after bad? The poor will always be with you. And since the world will end soon -- if climate change doesn't kill us all, then runaway artificial intelligence will -- a natural response is to enjoy life while we can,
Video examples
The big-beaked,...
while contributing to runaway seaweed growth— leaving reef ecosystems more fragile than ever. Our reefs are vitally important to both marine and human life. Their unparalleled biodiversity offers unique opportunities for ecotourism,
Video examples
The mathematician who...
and how much talent is going into it. Do you have any worries about that industry, and perhaps the financial industry in general? Kind of being on a runaway train that's -- I don't know -- helping increase inequality?
Video examples
Donald Sadoway: The...
some of the surprises, the heterodoxies. They lie beyond the visible. Conventional wisdom says set it low, at or near room temperature, and then install a control system to keep it there. Avoid thermal runaway.
Video examples
Every Day in Tuscany PIPE...
what a charming remark so once the book came out and became a runaway sensation was your life turned upside down
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American Chef
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Jane Hawking
English Author
We were surrounded by influences and interests that came between Stephen and me. The nurse who became his wife was seeking to undermine me, and there were wider influences, too, following the runaway success of 'A Brief History of Time.
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Ananya Panday
Indian Actress
A lot of people body shame me because I am very thin. They say I have a 'boy's body,' or that I look like a skeleton or like a runaway patient. People can never be happy, so you just have to be happy with your body and how you are.
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Christie Brinkley
American Model
I've had injuries in my life from things beyond my control: runaway horses, helicopters that decide to crash on mountaintops, boating accidents - things that were out of my hands.
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Carre Otis
American Model
I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I didn't have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling.
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Nikki Sixx
American Musician
How lucky can one guy get? I was a runaway, and then I was in one of the biggest bands in the world. I've sold out every arena. I've sold millions and millions of records.
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Jim Sullivan
English Musician
It's up to people like us, all of us, to address and talk about things like runaway global warming and how we can use things like remote viewing to save our planet.
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Rufus Wainwright
Canadian Musician
One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists.
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Etta James
American Musician
I really turned into, you know, the real street kid. I was kind of like a runaway, but I had a mother, you know what I mean, and I had a place to stay.
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Jeffrey Bernard
British Journalist
One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him.
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Mario Batali
American Chef
All the information you could want is constantly streaming at you like a runaway truck - books, newspaper stories, Web sites, apps, how-to videos, this article you're reading, even entire magazines devoted to single subjects like charcuterie or wedding cakes or pickles.
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Jane Hawking
English Author
We were surrounded by influences and interests that came between Stephen and me. The nurse who became his wife was seeking to undermine me, and there were wider influences, too, following the runaway success of 'A Brief History of Time.
Quote examples
Ananya Panday
Indian Actress
A lot of people body shame me because I am very thin. They say I have a 'boy's body,' or that I look like a skeleton or like a runaway patient. People can never be happy, so you just have to be happy with your body and how you are.
Quote examples
Christie Brinkley
American Model
I've had injuries in my life from things beyond my control: runaway horses, helicopters that decide to crash on mountaintops, boating accidents - things that were out of my hands.
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Carre Otis
American Model
I had dropped out of school and was a runaway, so I didn't have family to fall back on if I didn't work. I didn't have a lot of other options of making money other than modeling.
Quote examples
Nikki Sixx
American Musician
How lucky can one guy get? I was a runaway, and then I was in one of the biggest bands in the world. I've sold out every arena. I've sold millions and millions of records.
Quote examples
Jim Sullivan
English Musician
It's up to people like us, all of us, to address and talk about things like runaway global warming and how we can use things like remote viewing to save our planet.
Quote examples
Rufus Wainwright
Canadian Musician
One of the main destructive forces within our family has been these runaway egos. I think if you look at any show business family, that struggle exists.
Quote examples
Etta James
American Musician
I really turned into, you know, the real street kid. I was kind of like a runaway, but I had a mother, you know what I mean, and I had a place to stay.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Bernard
British Journalist
One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him.
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