English-German translations for on the run

• auf der Flucht
  Zehntausende sind auf der Flucht. Tens of thousands of people are on the run.
  In Darfur sind Millionen Menschen auf der Flucht. Mr President, Commissioner, in Darfur, millions of people are on the run.
  Dreihunderttausend ins Innere des Landes vertriebene Karen befinden sich auf der Flucht vor der birmanischen Armee. Three hundred thousand internally displaced Karen people are on the run from the Burmese army.

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