runaway

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person, especially a young one, who has left home or escaped without permission.

   The police found the teenage runaway at the bus station.

2. 2
   adj

   Happening so fast that it cannot be controlled.

   Runaway inflation wiped out their savings.

3. 3
   adj

   Won very easily.

   The team enjoyed a runaway victory in the final.

Deverbal from run away.

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