English-Dutch translations for runaway

• losgeslagen
• op hol geslagen
  De uitbreiding is mijns inziens momenteel een op hol geslagen trein die niemand nog wil of kan stoppen. It strikes me at the moment that enlargement is like a runaway train that no one knows how to, or wants to stop.
  Net als in het verleden lijkt men te verwachten dat landen als het Verenigd Koninkrijk deze op hol geslagen dwaasheid maar al te graag blijven financieren. As in the past, the expectation seems to be that countries like the United Kingdom will happily continue to bankroll this runaway madness.
  Ik ben zeer ongelukkig met de manier waarop we nu al vijf jaar debatteren over PNR-gegevens en het feit dat de Raad en de Commissie maar doordenderen als een op hol geslagen trein. I am very unhappy about the way that we have been arguing about PNR for five years now, and the Council and the Commission just charge ahead like a runaway train.
• vluchteling
• Vluchteling
• wegloper

Definition of runaway

• A person or animal that runs away or has run away; a person, animal, or organization that escapes captivity or restrictions
• A vehicle that is out of control
• An object or process that is out of control or out of equilibrium
• The act of running away, especially of a horse or teams
• An overwhelming victory
• Having run away; escaped;
• Easily won, as a
• ;
• or revolting against one's group, , expected conduct, or the like, especially to establish or join a rival group, change one's life drastically, etc

Examples

• Runaway children are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.
• The home side won in a runaway.
• a runaway thief
• a runaway donkey
• a runaway marriage
• a runaway victory at the polls
• runaway prices
• The runaway delegates nominated their own candidate.

Related words

• Runa
• koruna
• runaround
• runabout
• Kiruna
• Varuna
• Aguaruna
• Arunachala
• Aruna