Asked about religious man - the French run away (9)
I believe the answer is:
skedaddle
'run away' is the definition.
(skedaddling is a kind of running away)
'asked about religious man the french' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'religious man' becomes 'DD' (abbreviation for Doctor of Divinity degree).
'the french' becomes 'le' ('the' in French).
'asked' is an anagram of 'skeda'.
'skeda'+'dd'+'le'='SKEDADDLE'
(Other definitions for skedaddle that I've seen before include "Get out of town!" , "Vamoose" , "Bunk off quickly!" , "Rush away" , "fly" .)