LekhoriLekhoriA person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions.
Runaways are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.
A vehicle (especially, a train) that is out of control.
On New Year's Day, 1850, a catastrophe, which it is fearful to contemplate, was averted by the aid of the telegraph. A collision had occurred to an empty train at Gravesend; and the driver having leaped from his engine, the latter started alone at full speed to London. Notice was immediately given by telegraph to London and other stations; and while the line was kept clear, an engine and other arrangements were prepared as a buttress to receive the runaway.
An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium.
On the chart, the start of a runaway is marked by a box
Having run away; escaped; fugitive; fleeting.
a runaway thief
Easily won, as a contest.
Deverbal from run away.
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a runaway victory at the polls
Accelerating out of control.
a runaway train