English-Swedish translations for on the run

• på fri fot
  Rättegångar ska inledas i endast två fall, medan två åtalade, Ratko Mladić och Goran Hadžić, fortfarande är på fri fot.Proceedings are yet to start in two cases only, while two main defendants, Messrs Mladić and Hadžić, are still on the run.
  De personer som fortfarande är på fri fot måste ställas inför rätta, och alla länder i regionen har lovat EU att göra detta.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.
  Efter rymningen från Kumla är mannen fortfarande på fri fot.

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