Usually means: Fleeing to avoid capture, hiding.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word on the run:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. on the run: Merriam-Webster
  2. on the run: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. on the run: Collins English Dictionary
  4. on the run: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. on the run: Wiktionary
  6. on the run: Dictionary.com
  7. On the Run (Falco single), On the Run (Falco song), On the Run (Jay Chou album), On the Run (Kool G Rap & DJ Polo song), On the Run (Paul McCartney), On the Run (convenience store), On the Run (instrumental), On the Run (novel series), On the Run, On the Run, On the run (finance), On the run: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. on the run: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. On the run: bizterms.net
  3. On the run: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  4. On the Run (album), On the Run (disambiguation), On the run: Financial dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. On the Run (album), On the Run (disambiguation), on the run: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the run: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. on the run: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (On the Run)

noun:  a flagship convenience store brand developed by ExxonMobil, used at Exxon and Mobil stations in the United States and at Esso and Mobil stations internationally.
noun:  (also Three on the Run) a 1964 children's novel by British author Nina Bawden.
noun:  a series of children's novels written by Gordon Korman.Scholastic.com.
noun:  On the Run also known as (Trilogy: One) is a 2003 film directed by, written by, and starring Lucas Belvaux.
noun:  In finance, an on-the-run security or contract is the most recently issued, and hence most liquid, of a periodically issued security.
noun:  a 1958 second feature British drama film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Neil McCallum, Susan Beaumont and William Hartnell.
noun:  a concert tour by English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney.
noun:  a 1988 Hong Kong action thriller film directed by Alfred Cheung, written by Cheung and Keith Wong, and produced by Sammo Hung.
noun:  a 1982 Australian thriller film.
noun:  "On the Run" is the third track from English rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon.
noun:  "On the Run" is the second single from American hip hop duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's 1992 album Live and Let Die.
noun:  the third studio album by Children 18:3, released on June 19, 2012 on Tooth & Nail Records.
noun:  (Portuguese: Em Fuga) a 1999 crime comedy film directed by Bruno de Almeida in his directorial debut.
noun:  "On the Run" is a song by Niuean-New Zealand singer-songwriter Pauly Fuemana, as part of his music project OMC, short for Otara Millionaires Club.
noun:  "On the Run" is the sixth episode of the second season of the American mockumentary comedy horror television series What We Do in the Shadows, set in the franchise of the same name.
noun:  a 1963 British film directed by Robert Tronson and starring Emrys Jones, Sarah Lawson and Patrick Barr.


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