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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Run away box office hits

The Silence of the Lambs was a run away box office success; civil war broke out in Jugoslavia; Soviet deputies agree to dissolve the USSR

Could you please explain to me what "run away" means here?

I see the phrase "run away" is usually associated with the expression "run away box office hits" or something similar like the above context.
  

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run away box office sucess - there were lots of sales. (The tickets were selling fast).

  • run away box office sucess - there were lots of sales.
  • (The tickets were selling fast).
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run away box office sucess - there were lots of sales. (The tickets were selling fast).

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