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Superlative for on the loose (running away)
“The police bulletin described the runaway chicken as a white leghorn, wearing a flea collar with a silver tag attached.”
Superlative for not restrained or held in check
“Such a mix of policies would normally lead to runaway inflation.”
Superlative for wild or out of control
“The evidence seems to me to preponderate very largely in favor of the fact that the immediate force which caused the injury to this woman was the runaway horse.”
Superlative for very successful, especially in terms of sales
“So many books are published each year, and you really don't know what's going to become a runaway bestseller.”
Superlative for denoting something happening or done very easily or quickly
“At the beginning of the year, the general election was expected to produce a runaway victory for the Independence Party.”
Superlative for clear in meaning without uncertainty or ambiguity
Superlative for having treacherously changed allegiance
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