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on the run
Hurrying from place to place, as in The company officers were always on the run from New York to Los Angeles and back . [Late 1800s]
In rapid retreat; also, attempting to escape from pursuers. For example, The guerrillas were on the run after the ambush , or The burglars were on the run from the police . [Early 1800s]
Example Sentences
He remains on the run, but many of his accomplices faced convictions after a multinational police operation.
The boy told a friend he would go "on the run" to Hinckley, in Leicestershire, the day after the attack but was arrested by police minutes later while hiding in a bush, the court heard.
A man who is suspected of killing his ex-girlfriend and her daughter in a drive-by shooting in Compton is on the run, and believed to be armed and dangerous, authorities said.
The defendant initially denied he and Mr O'Driscoll "went on the run together" but later said they met up three days later in Stoke-on-Trent.
Alina Habba strolled up to the sticks outside of the White House on Wednesday with the swagger of a pirate and the credibility of a felon on the run.
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