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Dictionary: run·a·way   (rŭn'ə-wā') pronunciation
n.
  1. A person or animal that has run away.
  2. Something that has escaped control or proper confinement.
  3. Informal. An easy victory.
adj.
  1. Escaping or having escaped restraint, captivity, or control: runaway horses; runaway children.
  2. Out of control: a runaway car; runaway inflation.
  3. Easily won: a runaway victory.

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Out of control; usually used in reference to Inflation or other undesirable economic phenomena.

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noun

  1. One who flees, as from home, confinement, captivity, or justice: escapee, fugitive, refugee. See seek/avoid.
  2. An easy victory: walkaway, walkover. Slang romp. See easy/hard, win/lose/recovery.

adjective

  1. Fleeing or having fled, as from home, confinement, captivity, or justice: escaped, fugitive. See seek/avoid.
  2. Out of control: amuck, uncontrolled. Idioms: out of hand, running wild. See control/uncontrol.

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adj

Definition: out of control
Antonyms: controlled, stable, staying, steady


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - flygtning, løbsk hest, bestseller
adj. - galoperende, stormende, bortløben, løbsk

Nederlands (Dutch)
vluchteling, wegloper

Français (French)
n. - fugueur, déserteur, fugitif, cheval emballé ou échappé
adj. - à la suite d'une fugue (un mariage), fou (un camion, etc), remporté haut la main (une victoire), galopant (l'inflation)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ausreißer
adj. - flüchtig, ausgerissen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φυγάς, φυγή, δραπέτης
attrib. - αφηνιασμένος, ανεξέλεγκτος, αχαλίνωτος, ασυγκράτητος

Italiano (Italian)
fuggiasco, fuggitivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fugitivo (m) desertor (m)
attrib. - desgovernado

Русский (Russian)
беглец, беженец

Español (Spanish)
n. - fugitivo, desertor
adj. - relativo a un fugitivo o desertor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rymling, desertör
attr. - bortsprungen, skenande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
逃走的人, 亡命者, 逃亡, 逃亡的, 逃走的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 逃走的人, 亡命者, 逃亡
adj. - 逃亡的, 逃走的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도망자, 도망친 말, 탈주
adj. - 도망친, 눈맞아 달아나는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 逃亡者, 脱走者, 家出人, 逃亡, 駆け落ち, 一方的な勝利
adj. - 逃走した, 駆け落ちした, 手に負えない, 急騰する, 圧倒的な, 楽勝の, 逃亡した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الهروب (صفه) شاب أو شابه هارب من البيت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בורח, פליט, עריק, ניצחון קל, חיה או מכונית שיצאו מגדר שליטה‬
adj. - ‮בורח, פליט, עריק, ניצחון קל, חיה או מכונית שיצאו מגדר שליטה‬


 
 
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