ran away
Left in haste
Ran away is the past tense of run away, meaning to flee or escape from a place or situation.
A child runs away from home; a prisoner runs away from captivity.
The phrase often implies leaving without permission or notice: She ran away when she was sixteen.
It can describe avoiding confrontation: He ran away from his problems instead of facing them.
Escaped from danger
- boltedFastened or fled suddenly
- dashQuick burst or pinch
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- scamperQuick, light-footed dash
scramble · dart · race · hasten · hurry · skedaddle · vamoose · decamp
Escaped from danger
- abscondedDeparted secretly, furtively
- evadedSuccessfully avoided capture
- eludedAvoided being caught
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
bolted · vanished · breakout · jailbreak · hideaway · sanctuary · refuge · asylum
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- escapeFlight from captivity
- unchainedFreed from restraints
- releaseTo let go
unfettered · autonomy · independence · self-determination · manumission · unshackled · loose · untethered
Uncontrollable sudden fear
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- frightSudden intense fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- alarmUrgent warning signal
hysteria · horror · trepidation · shock · trauma · distress · apprehension · nervousness
fled
Escaped from danger
scamper · scramble · dart · race · hasten · hurry · skedaddle · vamoose · decamp · took off
fled
Escaped from danger
fugitive · bolted · vanished · breakout · jailbreak · hideaway · sanctuary · refuge · asylum · underground
liberation
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- escapeFlight from captivity
- unchainedFreed from restraints
release · unfettered · autonomy · independence · self-determination · manumission · unshackled · loose · untethered · disentangled
panic
Uncontrollable sudden fear
alarm · hysteria · horror · trepidation · shock · trauma · distress · apprehension · nervousness · agitation
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- disappearedvanished, disappeared, gone, vanish, faded
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, conceded, submitted
ran awaystayed put
Continued in place
remained · stayed · stood still · approached · came back
ran awaystood one's ground
Refused to back down
faced · confronted · fought back · engaged · took a stand