on the run

Prepositional phrase

1. (idiomatic) Fleeing.
   • The suspect in the robbery is still on the run.
   • Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort...2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55

   Synonyms:

   on the lam, hot

2. (idiomatic) At a disadvantage; forced to abandon a position.
   • The corruption charges against her aides have her on the run.

   Synonyms:

   in retreat

3. (idiomatic) Constantly traveling or moving from place to place.
   • She's a busy executive and always on the run.
   • He had to eat on the run.

   Synonyms:

   on the go, on the move

4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, run.
   • The skier's wife had the baby while he was still on the run.