English-Finnish translations for on the run

• karkuteillä
  Kissani on yhä karkuteillä.
  Vaarallinen vanki on karkuteillä.
• vapaalla jalalla
  Oikeudenkäynti on aloittamatta enää kahdessa tapauksessa, mutta kaksi pääsyytettyä, Ratko Mladić ja Goran Hadžić, ovat edelleen vapaalla jalalla. Proceedings are yet to start in two cases only, while two main defendants, Messrs Mladić and Hadžić, are still on the run.
  Edelleen vapaalla jalalla olevat on saatava oikeuden eteen, ja kaikki alueen valtiot ovat luvanneet tämän Euroopan unionille. The people that are still on the run should be brought to justice, and all the countries in that region have given their word to the European Union to this effect.
  Vankikarkuri on yhä vapaalla jalalla.

Definition of on the run

• Fleeing
• At a disadvantage; forced to abandon a position
• Constantly traveling or moving from place to place

Examples

• The skiers wife had the baby while he was still on the run
• The suspect in the robbery is still on the run
• The corruption charges against her aides have her on the run
• Shes a busy executive and always on the run
• He had to eat on the run.

Related words

• the exception confirms the rule
• rub someone the wrong way
• run on the bank
• the exception that proves the rule
• the exception proves the rule
• Atherton Scrubwren
• exception that proves the rule
• obligation to tell the truth
• cross the Rubicon