run away with

verb

"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

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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.

Key facts for run away with
PropertyValue
Headwordrun away with
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “run away with” in English

run away withsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    To leave secretly with another person, often with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.
  2. 2
    To steal something and physically escape with it.
  3. 3
    To be misled (by).
  4. 4
    To overwhelm, get the better of.
  5. 5
    To be superior or outstanding in something.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how run away with appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. She ran away with my best friend.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "run away with"?
"run away with" is spelled R-U-N- -A-W-A-Y- -W-I-T-H.
What does "run away with" mean?
As a verb, "run away with" means: To leave secretly with another person, often with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.
What language does "run away with" come from?
"run away with" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list