Lexic.us

Definition of Runaway

1. Noun. An easy victory.

2. Adjective. Completely out of control. "Runaway inflation"

3. Noun. Someone who flees from an uncongenial situation. "Fugitives from the sweatshops"

Definition of Runaway

1. n. One who, or that which, flees from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; a fugitive.

2. a. Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.

Definition of Runaway

1. one that runs away [n -AWAYS]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Runaway

run-of-the-mine run-on run-on sentence run-resistant run-through run-time run-time error run-up runabout runabouts

runagate runagates runaround runaround runarounds runaway (current term) runaways runaway behaviour runaway electrons runaway pacemaker

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Literary usage of Runaway

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1. The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and Constitution by Virginia, John Mercer Patton, Conway Robinson (1849)
"Court may discharge the negro if not a runaway ; fees, «bc how paid in such case ... Delivery of runaway to owner may 8. Jailor liable to appréhender for be ..."

2. The Police Control of the Slave in South Carolina by Howell Meadoes Henry (1914)
"It was not lawful for the captor to retain a runaway slave in his custody, ... The sheriff upon receiving a runaway gave notice in the newspapers. ..."

3. The Police Control of the Slave in South Carolina by Howell Meadoes Henry (1914)
"It was not lawful for the captor to retain a runaway slave in his custody, ... The sheriff upon receiving a runaway gave notice in the newspapers. ..."

4. The Police Control of the Slave in South Carolina by Howell Meadoes Henry (1914)
"It was not lawful for the captor to retain a runaway slave in his custody, ... The sheriff upon receiving a runaway gave notice in the newspapers. ..."

5. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1904)
"Provided always, That when the Owner of such Negro or runaway shall demand the same, the Person to whom such Negro or runaway shall be let out to Hire ..."

6. A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United by George McDowell Stroud (1827)
"It is in these words: " Hereafter, when any servant or slave shall be committed to the gaol of any county in this state, as a runaway, agreeably to the laws ..."

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