Source : WordNet®

run away
     v 1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this
          man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police
          showed up" [syn: {run}, {scarper}, {turn tail}, {lam}, {hightail
          it}, {bunk}, {head for the hills}, {take to the woods},
          {escape}, {fly the coop}, {break away}]
     2: escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with
        us all"