runaway

runaway
 n.— «As it happens, a fair number of those imported film projects (or “runaways,” as the California film industry calls movies that shoot elsewhere) aren’t exactly blockbusters or critics award-caliber works.» —“Oregon: Coming to a theater near you” by Shawn Levy Oregonian (Portland) July 21, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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