(idiomatic) To work hard at a task.

To erode or corrode gradually.

present participle of run away

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of run away

simple past tense of run away

To leave secretly with another person, often with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family. / To steal and get away with it. / To be misled (by).

(intransitive) To cease to support a person or cause. / (intransitive) To diminish in size, weight, or intensity. / To perish; to vanish; to be lost. / To get worse.

(idiomatic) Very soon; quickly; immediately.

To leave a place, or a gathering, without being noticed. / (of time) To pass quickly, almost unnoticed. / To disappear; to elude one; to recede; to dwindle. / (euphemistic) To die peacefully.

(idiomatic) To turn something away; to ward off.