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Also, run off with. Hurriedly make off with someone or something, as in She ran away with the boy next door, or The children ran off with the ball. [Early 1600s]

Win handily, as in The film ran away with all the important awards. [Early 1800s]

Get the better of, as in Sometimes his enthusiasm runs away with him. [Late 1600s]

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Something like fluoride, which is too small for normal filters, yanks away that feeling of agency.
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He observes the bodies floating away on the river, pulling on his cigarette with a sneer.
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As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
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So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.
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Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
Confidence|Henry James
If you throw away this chance, you will both richly deserve to be hanged, as I sincerely trust you will be.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The bear laughed and joined his companion, and the torpedo thundered away.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

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