on the run
Idioms-
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]
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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]
Example Sentences
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Nine-month-old Samba has been on the run for more than a week after escaping from Marwell Zoo near Winchester, a day after arriving from Suffolk.
From BBC
Burrows, giving evidence voluntarily via video-link from an undisclosed location, also denied press reports that he was "on the run", adding that he was working for "British interests" from a location he was unable to share.
From BBC
He was found with an Irish passport in the name of Danny Webb and had worked as an IT consultant during his two decades on the run.
From BBC
Ever since then, he’d been on the run.
From Literature
Thompson went missing in 2012 amid demands he appear in court, and after years on the run, he and an associate were arrested in 2015 in Boca Raton, Florida.
From BBC
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