run away with

圧倒する、支配する

感情や考えが強くなりすぎて、人の行動を支配すること。

やさしい英語で： A feeling or thought becomes so strong that it controls your actions.

• His temper ran away with him.
• Don’t let your imagination run away with you.
• Excitement had run away with us, and we spent too much.

使い方： something runs away with someone (Her imagination ran away with her.)

類義語： overwhelm, get the better of

よく使う表現： run away with someone, run away with you

圧勝する、独走する

競争で楽に勝つことや、ほかの人を大きく上回ること。

やさしい英語で： Win a competition easily or perform much better than everyone else.

• Our team ran away with the title.
• She ran away with first prize in the singing contest.
• Will the favourite run away with the race again?

使い方： run away with something (Their team ran away with the championship.)

類義語： dominate, win easily

よく使う表現： run away with something, run away with victory

駆け落ちする

家族の反対を避け、結婚や同居のために恋人とひそかに逃げること。

やさしい英語で： Leave secretly with a lover, often to marry or live together without your family’s approval.

• She ran away with her boyfriend.
• He wanted to run away with his childhood sweetheart.
• Did they really run away with each other to get married?

使い方： run away with someone (She ran away with the man she loved.)

類義語： elope with

よく使う表現： run away with someone, run away with him

持ち逃げする

他人の物を盗んで、そのまま逃げること。

やさしい英語で： Take something that belongs to someone else and escape with it.

• Someone ran away with my bag.
• The thieves ran away with all the cash.
• Did the robber run away with the jewels?

使い方： run away with something (The thief ran away with my wallet.)

類義語： make off with, steal

よく使う表現： run away with something, run away with cash

思い込む、勘違いする

よく考えずに考えを受け入れ、事実とは限らないことを信じること。

やさしい英語で： Accept an idea too quickly and believe something that may not be true.

• Don’t run away with the idea that I agree.
• He ran away with the notion that fame would make him happy.
• You seem to have run away with the idea that we are rich.

使い方： run away with the idea that… (Do not run away with the idea that the work is easy.)

類義語： assume, get the wrong idea

よく使う表現： run away with ideas, run away with notions