run away with

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Un sentiment ou une pensée devient si fort qu’il dirige les actes d’une personne.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : something runs away with someone (Her imagination ran away with her.)

Synonymes : overwhelm, get the better of

Expressions courantes : run away with someone, run away with you

remporter haut la main

Gagner une compétition facilement ou faire beaucoup mieux que tous les autres.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : run away with something (Their team ran away with the championship.)

Synonymes : dominate, win easily

Expressions courantes : run away with something, run away with victory

s’enfuir avec

Partir en secret avec la personne aimée, souvent pour se marier ou vivre ensemble sans l’accord de la famille.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : run away with someone (She ran away with the man she loved.)

Synonymes : elope with

Expressions courantes : run away with someone, run away with him

s’enfuir avec, emporter

Prendre quelque chose qui appartient à autrui et s’enfuir avec.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : run away with something (The thief ran away with my wallet.)

Synonymes : make off with, steal

Expressions courantes : run away with something, run away with cash

se faire une fausse idée, s’imaginer

Adopter trop vite une idée et croire quelque chose qui n’est peut-être pas vrai.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : run away with the idea that… (Do not run away with the idea that the work is easy.)

Synonymes : assume, get the wrong idea

Expressions courantes : run away with ideas, run away with notions