Definition

1. Verb:
   • To run away: To move quickly on foot in order to escape or leave a place, often suddenly or secretly.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tên trộm chạy mất trước khi cảnh sát đến. (The thief ran away before the police arrived.)
  • Đừng để con chó chạy mất! (Don't let the dog run away!)
  • Khi nghe thấy tiếng động, con thỏ chạy mất vào trong rừng. (Upon hearing the noise, the rabbit ran away into the forest.)

Advanced Usage

• "chạy mất hút": to run away and disappear from sight.
  • Chiếc xe chạy mất hút sau khúc cua. (The car ran away and disappeared after the turn.)
• "chạy mất dép": to run away in a great hurry (literally: to run so fast one loses a sandal).
  • Nghe tin đó, anh ta chạy mất dép. (Upon hearing that news, he ran away in a great hurry.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chạy trốn (verb): to flee, to escape.
  • Kẻ tình nghi đã chạy trốn khỏi hiện trường. (The suspect fled the scene.)
• Bỏ chạy (verb): to take flight, to run off.
  • Bọn trẻ bỏ chạy khi thấy bà hàng xóm. (The children ran off when they saw the neighbor.)

Synonyms

• Tẩu thoát: to escape, to get away.
• Chạy thoát: to run off, to escape by running.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a compound verb, 'chạy mất' itself functions as a phrasal unit. - Chạy mất tiêu (slang): to run away and vanish completely. - Nó nợ tiền nên đã chạy mất tiêu. (He owed money so he ran away and vanished.)

Related Idioms

• Chạy như ma đuổi: to run as if being chased by a ghost (to run extremely fast, often in panic).
  • Thấy chó dữ, thằng bé chạy như ma đuổi. (Seeing the fierce dog, the boy ran as if being chased by a ghost.)

verb

1. To run away