In the sentence below, identify the most appropriate replacement for the highlighted phrase to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct:

The police came after the thief **run away**.

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In the sentence below, identify the most appropriate replacement for the highlighted phrase to make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct:

The police came after the thief **run away**.

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**Solution:**

1. The original sentence is: "The police came after the thief run away."

2. The phrase "run away" is incorrect because it does not agree with the past perfect context implied by "came after".

3. The correct tense to indicate an action completed before another past action is the past perfect tense.

4. Among the options, "had run away" is the past perfect form of "run away," which correctly shows that the thief escaped before the police arrived.

5. Other options are either grammatically incorrect or do not fit the sequence of events.

**Answer:** had run away

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