runaway
run|away /r'ʌnəweɪ/ (runaways)
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use runaway to describe a situation in which something increases or develops very quickly and cannot be controlled.
Our Grand Sale in June was a runaway success.
...a runaway best-seller.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N n
A runaway is someone, especially a child, who leaves home without telling anyone or without permission.
...a teenage runaway.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
A runaway vehicle or animal is moving forward quickly, and its driver or rider has lost control of it.
The runaway car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple...
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use runaway to describe a situation in which something increases or develops very quickly and cannot be controlled.
Our Grand Sale in June was a runaway success.
...a runaway best-seller.
2 [N-COUNT] oft N n
A runaway is someone, especially a child, who leaves home without telling anyone or without permission.
...a teenage runaway.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
A runaway vehicle or animal is moving forward quickly, and its driver or rider has lost control of it.
The runaway car careered into a bench, hitting an elderly couple...