runaway

/'rʌnəwei/

Thân thiện

A runaway horse gallops across an open field.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Completely out of control: Describing a situation, process, or thing that is no longer under control and is increasing or progressing rapidly and dangerously.
   • Achieved or won easily: Describing a victory or success that is very easy or decisive.

2. Noun:

   • A person who has run away, especially from home, duty, or a difficult situation: Someone who flees or escapes.
   • An animal or vehicle that is running out of control: Something that is moving freely without guidance or restraint.
   • An easy or decisive victory: A contest won by a very large margin.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:
  • The government is trying to curb runaway inflation. (Describing an uncontrolled economic situation.)
  • It was a runaway success; the product sold out in hours. (Describing an easy, overwhelming success.)
• Noun:
  • The shelter provides support for teenage runaways. (Referring to a person who has fled.)
  • The driver managed to stop the runaway horse. (Referring to an uncontrolled animal.)
  • The election was a runaway for the incumbent mayor. (Referring to an easy victory.)

Advanced Usage

• "runaway bestseller": A book or other product that sells an extraordinarily large number of copies very quickly.
  • Her debut novel became a runaway bestseller.
• "runaway train": Literally, a train with no one controlling it; metaphorically, a situation or process that cannot be stopped.
  • The project felt like a runaway train, with costs spiraling out of control.

Variants and Related Words

• Run away (phrasal verb): To flee or escape from a place.
  • The children threatened to run away from home.
• Runaway truck ramp (noun): A safety ramp on a steep road for trucks with failed brakes.

Synonyms

• Adjective (out of control): Uncontrolled, rampant, unrestrained.
• Adjective (easy victory): Decisive, overwhelming, landslide.
• Noun (person who flees): Fugitive, escapee, deserter.

Phrasal Verbs

• Run away with:
  • To elope with someone.

    • He ran away with his childhood sweetheart.
  • To win something easily.

    • The champion ran away with the competition.
  • To let one's imagination or emotions control one.

    • Don't run away with the idea that it will be easy.

Idioms

• Runaway victory/success: A victory or success achieved very easily and by a large margin.
  • The team celebrated their runaway victory in the finals.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. completely out of control
   • runaway inflation

Noun

1. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
   • fugitives from the sweatshops
2. an easy victory

Từ đồng nghĩa

• fugitive
• fleer
• blowout
• romp
• laugher
• shoo-in
• walkaway