1. Completely out of control
   "runaway inflation"

1. Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
   "runaways from the sweatshops";
   - fugitive, fleer
    
2. An easy victory
   "The championship game turned into a runaway with a final score of 42-7";
   - blowout [N. Amer, informal], romp [informal], laugher, shoo-in [informal], walkaway

1. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
   "If you see this man, run away!";
   - scat [informal], run, scarper [Brit, informal], turn tail [informal], lam [N. Amer, informal], hightail it [N. Amer, informal], bunk [informal], head for the hills [informal], take to the woods [informal], escape, fly the coop [informal], break away, leg it [Brit, informal]
    
2. Escape from the control of
   "Industry is running away with us all"

Derived forms: runs away, runaways, running away, ran away, run away

See also: uncontrolled

Type of: actor, break loose, doer, escape, get away, go away, go forth, leave, off [informal], triumph, victory, worker

Encyclopedia: Runaway, A Road Adventure