run away from

Meaning

1. Oxford72% of films

   to leave sb / a place suddenly; to escape from sb / a place

2. Oxford28% of films

   to try to avoid sth because you are shy, lack confidence, etc.

   You're not gonna run away from this your whole life, you know?

In the movies · 18

• You've been running away from this fight for too long.Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015
• You're not gonna run away from this your whole life, you know?Uncle Frank2020
• Then you had to run away from that, too.Spellbound1945
• you run away from me,Maria Bamford: Old Baby2017
• Don't you run away from me!Beasts of the Southern Wild2012
• turn around, run away from all this.Spider-Man: Far From Home2019
• You can't run away from every whipstitch!Where the Crawdads Sing2022
• I d have run away from home tooGodzilla: King of the Monsters2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Uncle Frank2020
  • Daddy Mac Mocks Frank's Gift
  • Frank Lets Beth Rename Herself
  • Charlotte Meets Frank's Family
• Beasts of the Southern Wild2012
  • Hushpuppy Describes the Bathtub
  • Wink Prepares Hushpuppy for the Storm
  • A Bathtub Funeral with No Crying

From the same entry

• come running
• run for it
• up and running
• a close - run thing
• hit the ground running
• run across
• run after
• run after
• run along
• run around with
• run at
• run away with you

More phrasal verbs

• build up
• walk out
• buckle up
• keep up with
• see to it that
• live on
• finish with
• get across
• keep away
• run out on
• pick on
• cut in