German-English translations for weglaufen

• elope
• escape
  The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall
  The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe
  He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail
• leg it
  After snatching my handbag he just legged it.
  As soon as I heard about the fire I legged it over here as fast as I could.
• run away
  The crowd had to run away from the burning structure with only the clothes on their backs.
  The little boy was unhappy about having to take a bath every day and decided to run away from home.
• scurry away

Related words

• weglassen
• Vornewegläufer
• mittlere freie Weglänge
• die Angst weglachen zweckoptimistisch sein
• hastig weglaufen