run away with
"run-away-with" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“run away with” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To leave secretly with another person, often with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.
Corpus desk
Index EN-run-away-with · run away with · English
run away with · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | run away with |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “run away with” in English
Rare enough to double-check
run away with is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for run away with, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is run away with, spelled R-U-N- -A-W-A-Y- -W-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1To leave secretly with another person, often with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.
- 2To steal something and physically escape with it.
- 3To be misled (by).
- 4To overwhelm, get the better of.
- 5To be superior or outstanding in something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how run away with appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She ran away with my best friend.
The robber ran away with some valuable paintings.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.