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The definition of run

62 Written examples of the word: run

  1. to run a mile
  2. run a race
  3. John is running third
  4. to run an errand
  5. they took to their heels and ran
  6. to run oneself to a standstill
  7. to run a fox to earth
  8. the children are running in the garden
  9. he's always running to his mother when he's in trouble
  10. I'll run over to your house this afternoon
  11. a ball running along the ground
  12. a sledge running over snow
  13. to run a ship aground
  14. to run into a tree
  15. to run a vacuum cleaner over the carpet
  16. to run one's eyes over a page
  17. she ran a needle into her finger
  18. he ran her to the railway station
  19. the bus runs from Piccadilly to Golders Green
  20. the engine is running smoothly
  21. to run tests
  22. to run a company
  23. the road runs north
  24. the play ran for two years
  25. the months ran into years
  26. an easement runs with the land
  27. to run a risk
  28. run a temperature
  29. her taste runs to extravagant hats
  30. to run to fat
  31. red hair runs in my family
  32. water ran from the broken pipe
  33. the well has run dry
  34. the wax grew hot and began to run
  35. to run lead into ingots
  36. a high sea was running that night
  37. the colours in my dress ran when I washed it
  38. if you pull that thread the whole seam will run
  39. ivy running over a cottage wall
  40. a rumour ran through the town
  41. his story runs as follows
  42. they ran his story in the next issue
  43. Anderson is running for president
  44. to run a blockade
  45. he runs guns for the rebels
  46. he got the job, but a younger man ran him close
  47. she went off at a run
  48. a run of ten miles
  49. to go for a run in the car
  50. we had the run of the house and garden for the whole summer
  51. a run of good luck
  52. the play had a good run
  53. a run of spades
  54. the run of the market
  55. the usual run of graduates
  56. a run on butter
  57. a run on the dollar
  58. the run of the grain on a piece of wood
  59. a chicken run
  60. a deer run
  61. a rabbit run
  62. she's always on the run

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Synonyms: flow, work, control, Chiefly U.S. Canad. challenge, journey, perform, race, season, speed, career And more...
Antonyms: dawdle, stay, stop
 

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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of run