runaway success

collocation in English

meaningsofrunawayandsuccess

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runaway
adjective
uk
/ˈrʌn.ə.weɪ/us
/ˈrʌn.ə.weɪ/
having escaped or run away ...
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success
noun
uk
/səkˈses/us
/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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(Definition ofrunawayandsuccessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As an experiment, this has been arunawaysuccess.
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I could not agree more that the changeover has been arunawaysuccess.
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Therunawaysuccessof travelcards, which provide interchange and through-travel among various modes of transport for a single payment, shows what the public wants.
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If the take-up is anything like as big as that, the scheme will be arunawaysuccessbecause it will mean that every eligible company is taking part.
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Premium bonds went on to become arunawaysuccessand something of an institution.
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The lottery is arunawaysuccess.
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The book became a popular summer read and arunawaysuccess, with much of its sales subsequently attributed to word of mouth.
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Although not arunawaysuccess, it managed to sell a decent number of copies, placing 46th for the year.
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He wrote that the game is a triumph both for gamers and for the medium itself, and it deserves itsrunawaysuccess.
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It was then arunawaysuccessand an all-time record for the time, as it ran for 57 weeks continually.
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The catchphrase became arunawaysuccessand other business entities sought to appropriate it in their messaging.
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The match was arunawaysuccessin terms of crowds, with 39,730 in attendance.
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Useful or not, this contraption became arunawaysuccess.
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Although the album was not therunawaysuccessits predecessor had been, it produced two radio-friendly hits.
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The film was a critical failure, but arunawaysuccesswith audiences.
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His performance astounded the censors but proved to be arunawaysuccesswith the audience, who clamored for an encore.
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Itsrunawaysuccesssparked a greater appreciation of the 1975 original production and renewed stalled interest in a long-anticipated film adaptation, which incorporates the influences of both productions.
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The album was arunawaysuccess.
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She slowly became involved in near-death groups and studies and gave talks, going on subsequently to write her account in book form, which met withrunawaysuccess.
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But it wasn't arunawaysuccessuntil the 1920s, when it was pitched as a solution for chronic halitosis a then obscure medical term for bad breath.
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