A word for running away

Verb

Present participle for to retreat from something frightening or dangerous

Present participle for to avoid facing up to a difficult situation

Present participle for to leave a relationship in order to establish another one

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fleeing

bolting

escaping

skedaddling

vamoosing

splitting

scarpering

scramming

scraming

retreating

running

breaking

flying

levanting

running off

making off

taking off

beating it

clearing out

clearing off

taking flight

running for it

cutting and run

cutting out

bugging out

beating a retreat

beating a hasty retreat

legging it

lighting out

turning tail

hightailing it

making a run for it

hooking it

making a break for it

peeling out

doing a runner

heading for the hills

taking a powder

doing a bunk

making a quick exit

flying the coop

skipping off

going through

shooting through

doing a fade

showing a clean pair of heels

dashing off

decamping

leaving

absconding

making oneself scarce

departing

withdrawing

quitting

doing a disappearing act

disappearing

making tracks

retiring

getting away

scooting

going

hightailing

going away

absenting yourself

pulling out

getting out

pushing off

shoving off

exiting

skipping

making a getaway

vanishing

setting out

getting

bailing out

taking to your heels

taking a hike

doing a moonlight flit

deserting

lamming

hitting the road

setting off

slipping away

moving

stealing away

going off

bugging off

breaking out of

buzzing off

running along

walking out

recoiling

taking French leave

parting

falling back

breaking free

bailing

vacating

sloping off

packing off

getting going

piking out

stepping along

packing up

ducking out

piking off

slinging your hook

sneaking away

evacuating

hotfooting it

drawing back

going on the lam

heading off

booking

backing out

taking it on the lam

digging out

pushing on

making an exit

breaking out

starting out

sallying forth

scampering

going AWOL

scatting

flitting

pulling back

getting lost

abandoning

breaking loose

backing off

backing away

hitting the trail

upping sticks

moving out

abstracting oneself

taking leave

making your escape

getting off

peeling off

bogging off

blowing

having it away

shrinking

sneaking off

stepping on it

getting free

breaking away

moving along

giving ground

moving back

moving off

doing a vanishing act

making a break

racking off

taking yourself off

checking out

packing your bags

saying your goodbyes

walking off

hurrying

making

heading

striking out

receding

clearing

absquatulating

doing a Skase

getting a move on

freeing oneself

moving away

shunning

giving way

hauling off

oning your bike

breaking camp

getting stuffed

hopping it

making a escape

making a start

avaunting

betaking oneself

making a sharp exit

nicking off

making quick exit

skipping out

getting along

getting moving

dropping out

separating

running away from

popping off

removing

pulling stakes

taking wing

escaping from

cutting loose

pushing along

drawing away

getting under way

hopping the stick

going and jump in the lake

hopping the twig

repairing

making a move

naffing off

sodding off

taking a long walk on a short pier

shooing

going jump in the lake

taking to flight

doing a moonlight

scattering

leaving in a hurry

making away

getting cracking

booking it

shrinking back

extricating oneself

busting

regressing

distancing oneself

hiding

hastening away

avoiding

running from

stepping on the gas

jumping

fading away

scurrying

hustling

whizzing

speeding

dashing

hastening

racing

zipping

rushing

expediting

spurring

darting

fleeing from

flying from

bolting from

departing secretly

making scarce

going south

dogging it

jumping ship

making a quick getaway

disentangling yourself

breaking with

stepping back

resiling

turning away

shrinking away

shying away

spreading

busting out

going secretly

cruising

making for

moseying

abandoning ship

ranging

making one’s way

slipping out

eloping

wending

kicking rocks

moving fast

making haste

making time

hurrying up

running scared

turning around

absenting

proceeding

starting

hitting the bricks

saying goodbye

migrating

emigrating

abdicating

going forth

trooping

advancing

setting forth

marching out

gitting

moving on

blasting off

sallying

going absent without leave

defecting

going missing

going west

walking

shaking a leg

going like lightning

going your way

getting out of my sight

going and chase yourself

evading

leaving in the lurch

running out on

walking out on

opting out

kissing goodbye

making a dash for it

dumping

leaving holding the bag

leaving flat

springing

running like scared rabbit

leaving high and dry

copping out

ditching

turning on a dime

deserting under fire

making a U-turn

leaving hastily

leaving abruptly

disengaging

folding

eluding

departing suddenly

retrograding

backing

retroceding

ebbing

regrouping

going back

backing down

going to hell

getting on your bike

seceding

disaffiliating

gaining autonomy

dividing off

becoming independent

parting company

bustling

careering

hieing

hying

coursing

barreling

barrelling

making like a tree and get out of here

making like a tree and leave

flying away

tearing off

marching

signing out

heading out

moving about

shoving

leaping

off-loading

shipping

flowing

bounding

ambling

going off in a huff

flouncing out

leaving suddenly

storming off

storming out

making a sudden departure

getting up and go

saying adieu

going backward

baulking^UK

balking^US

breaking up

saying farewell

easing out

conking out

quitting the scene

splitting up

stepping out

breaking off

shipping out

going separate ways

scuttling

hurtling

haring

shooting

zooming

belting

tearing

sprinting

trotting

pelting

yeeting

skirring

skittering

charging

rocketing

ripping

whirling

bundling

highballing

bowling

buzzing

travelling^UK

scuttering

breezing

beetling

cannonballing

blazing

stepping

humping

chasing

traveling^US

whisking

jetting

careening

ramming

nipping

rustling

blasting

driving

bombing

motoring

hurling

moving quickly

accelerating

beelining

cracking on

posting

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avoiding

dodging

evading

ignoring

shirking

disregarding

ducking

getting out of

paying no attention to

taking no notice of

copping out of

turning your back on

shutting eyes to

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eloping with

running off with

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abandoning

deserting

leaving

stranding

ditching

forsaking

dumping

jilting

abdicating

marooning

leaving behind

breaking with

casting aside

casting off

running out on

walking out on

letting go of

turning your back on

washing your hands of

backing out of

hanging out to dry

withdrawing from

binning off

leaving hanging

kissing goodbye

walking away

walking away from

leaving high and dry

leaving in the lurch

running away from

leaving stranded

breaking up with

cutting loose

flying the coop

turning back on

legging it

pulling out of

chickening out

flaking out

letting someone stew in their own juice

throwing over

giving up the ship

copping out

disposing of

giving someone the big E

bowing out

quitting

bailing out

dropping out

taking a walk

screwing

orphaning

taking a powder

storming out

opting out of

giving someone the push

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escaping

fleeing

flying

lamming

absconding

running off

clearing out

getting out

breaking out of

bolting

decamping

skipping

disappearing

vanishing

getting away

slipping

departing

leaving

doubling

running

emerging

eloping

deserting

passing

making off

making a getaway

breaking out

flying the coop

bursting out

going scot-free

working out of

slipping away

wriggling out

getting away with

running out on

taking flight

taking on the lam

cutting loose

bailing out

playing hooky

ducking out

cutting and run

getting off

taking a powder

taking it on the lam

making oneself scarce

stealing away

skedaddling

busting

taking to your heels

breaking free

showing a clean pair of heels

doing a Skase

slipping through your fingers

doing a bunk

beating a hasty retreat

making a escape

making a break for it

making

legging it

breaking loose

doing a runner

vamoosing

getting free

taking French leave

doing a moonlight flit

hooking it

doing a vanishing act

hightailing it

beating a retreat

heading for the hills

scarpering

sneaking away

breaking away from

doing a disappearing act

making a run for it

taking off

running for it

going on the lam

circumventing

avoiding

blowing

ducking

dodging

eluding

shunning

evading

giving the slip

breaking away

disentangling yourself

making a break

sundering out

bursting out of

breaking loose from

fleeing from

absconding from

coming out

escaping from

busting out

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winning easily

romping home

winning hands down

winning by a mile

walking it

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truanting

skiving

deserting

ditching

dodging

mitching

wagging

absenting yourself

bunking off

malingering

mooching

playing truant

shirking

goofing off

mitching off

playing hookey

skiving off

bagging it

bobbing off

going missing

hooking Jack

playing the wag

staying away from school

hopping the wag

playing hooky

playing the hop

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making tracks

dashing

rushing

bolting

scurrying

racing

shooting

flying

haring

speeding

careering

hurtling

running

scuttling

hurrying

zipping

zooming

tearing

hastening

belting

pelting

trotting

barrelling

barreling

whisking

bombing

bundling

scooting

bustling

hustling

blasting

buzzing

hying

hieing

motoring

blazing

blowing

breezing

cannonballing

careening

driving

nipping

rocketing

rustling

travelling^UK

traveling^US

whirling

chasing

jetting

stepping

bowling

hurling

ripping

humping

jumping

ramming

coursing

highballing

skedaddling

fleeing

breaking

retreating

hotfooting it

cracking on

hightailing it

bugging out

running off

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abandonment

desertion

absconding

flight

escape

decamping

departure

bolting

evasion

fleeing

flying

departing

disappearance

marooning

retreat

turning tail

withdrawal

running out on

getaway

break

slip

breakout

decampment

lam

exit

exodus

rout

bunk

escaping

vanishing act

retirement

leave

hegira

flit

spring

escapement

beat

bolt for freedom

break-out

running off

prison break

jailbreak^US

gaolbreak^UK

truancy

liberation

betrayal

defection

forsaking

outbreak

extrication

cowardice

tergiversation

resignation

elusion

release

freedom

bolt

abdication

elopement

runaround

deliverance

springing

AWOL

rescue

sidestepping

going absent without leave

falling away

going AWOL

vanishing

going back on

taking French leave

checking out

exfiltration

taking powder

breakaway

retreating

hasty departure

fugue

leaving

exiting

parting

farewell

going

abscondment

quitting

outgo

evacuation

egression

leavetaking

recession

adieu

goodbye

migration

egress

separation

emigration

vacation

congé

embarkation

expatriation

removal

passage

retiral

walkout

takeoff

withdrawing

start

leave-taking

walking out

going away

setting off

taking leave

lighting out

going off

bowing out

sailing off into the sunset

taking a powder

setting forth

starting out

bow out

setting out

taking off

valediction

sendoff

pull-out

pullback

pullout

breakup

ebb

passing

split

offgoing

disengagement

fallback

pulling out

outgoing

detachment

extraction

clearance

severance

mass departure

secession

send-off

moving out

expiration

dissolution

exeunt

withdrawment

fading

disappearing

setting-out

diaspora

outpour

outflow

outpouring

gush

vacation of a place

swan song

eviction

journey

katabasis

disaffiliation

fading away

apostasy

pulling back

drawing out

dying out

going out

chicken run

splitting

schism

rupture

division

dissension

disunion

rift

seceding

emptying

depopulation

unpeopling

split-up

dropping out

pull-out from

flight from

retreat from

departure from

exodus from

withdrawal from

clearance from

disappearance from

vacation from

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fugitive

runaway

fleeing

escaped

escaping

deserting

AWOL

wanted

evading

on the loose

on the run

at large

on the lam

loose

absconding

in flight

running scared

in retreat

roaming

set loose

free

at liberty

unconfined

unchained

unbound

untied

unrestrained

unrestricted

unshackled

unfettered

riderless

running

driverless

let go

unlocked

released

uncaged

freed

unbolted

footloose

out

wild

run

run away

running

runaway

runner

runny

runs

runners

runniness

ran

runnings

ran away

runs away

runnier

runaways

runniest

runnily

runningly

running away from

running away together

running away to marry

running away with

running away with a lover

running away with it

running at the nose

running a tight ship

running a temperature

running at a loss

running at

running a smear campaign against

Synonyms of running away

• noun

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  as in going
  

• verb

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  as in escaping
  

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  as in flying
  

• as in going
• as in escaping
• as in flying

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