runner
noun
[ ˈrʌnə ]
• a person that runs, especially in a specified way.
• "Mary was a fast runner"
• a person who smuggles specified goods into or out of a country or area.
• "a gun-runner"
• a rod, groove, or blade on which something slides.
• a shoot, typically leafless, which grows from the base of a plant along the surface of the ground and can take root at points along its length.
• "it's not always easy to find strawberry runners with good strong roots"
• a long, narrow rug or strip of carpet, especially for a hall or stairway.
• "a faded runner held in place with brass stair rods"
• a revolving millstone.
• a police officer.
• see Indian runner.
• a fast-swimming fish of the jack family, occurring in tropical seas.
do a runner
• leave or escape hastily or furtively.
• "they both did a runner and they've been in hiding ever since"
Similar:
run away,
flee,
run off,
make a run for it,
run for it,
take flight,
make off,
take off,
take to one's heels,
make a break for it,
bolt,
beat a (hasty) retreat,
make a quick exit,
make one's getaway,
escape,
head for the hills,
beat it,
clear off,
clear out,
vamoose,
skedaddle,
split,
cut and run,
show a clean pair of heels,
turn tail,
scram,
hook it,
fly the coop,
skip off,
do a fade,
scarper,
do a bunk,
leg it,
light out,
bug out,
cut out,
peel out,
take a powder,
skiddoo,
go through,
shoot through,
fly,
levant,
