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run downTo hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.Rate it:

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run away withTo be misled by imagining that one's desires can come true.Rate it:

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run overTo briefly describe.Rate it:

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run toTo reach the limit of one's abilities or tastes.Rate it:

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run toTo reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.Rate it:

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run around withTo spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often used to talk about a person's group of friends that one does not like much.Rate it:

(4.25 / 4 votes)
run throughTo go through by running.Rate it:

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run afterTo chase.Rate it:

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run aroundTo be very busy doing many different things.Rate it:

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run away withTo leave secretly with another person. Usually with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.Rate it:

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run byTo repeat some information.Rate it:

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run for one's moneyA difficult challenge for the person indicated, especially one involving a competitive situation.Rate it:

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run inAlternative spelling of run-in.Rate it:

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run intoTo cause to collide with.Rate it:

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run offTo flee or depart quickly.Rate it:

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run off withTo steal or abscond.Rate it:

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run off withTo leave with someone with the intention of living with them or marrying them. Usually in secret because other people think it is wrong.Rate it:

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run overTo drive over, causing injury or death.Rate it:

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run throughTo pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system.Rate it:

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run upOf a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.Rate it:

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still waters run deepA person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.Rate it:

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run around afterTo spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people. Often used when that person could reasonably do the things for themselves.Rate it:

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run a red lightTo falsely accuse someone of wrongdoing.Rate it:

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run into the groundTo mismanage to the point of ruin.Rate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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run for one's lifeTo run away desperately from danger.Rate it:

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run intoTo enter by running.Rate it:

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run up againstBegin to encounter problems with someone or something.Rate it:

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the course of true love never did run smoothThere will always be problems in a relationship.Rate it:

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dry runA practice; a rehearsal.Rate it:

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run acrossTo cross by running.Rate it:

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run acrossTo find or discover by chance.Rate it:

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run awayTo leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.Rate it:

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run backTo take someone home by car. Give someone a lift to their house.Rate it:

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run byTo inform someone briefly of the main points of an idea.Rate it:

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run downTo find something or someone after searching for a long time.Rate it:

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run for one's lifeTo attempt to escape an extremely bad situationRate it:

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run offTo write something quickly.Rate it:

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run onTo continue talking for a long time.Rate it:

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run onTo continue without interruption.Rate it:

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run outAlternative spelling of runout.Rate it:

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run overTo overflow.Rate it:

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run something up the flagpoleTo float an idea that one suspects might be controversial.Rate it:

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run the showTo be the leader, to be in chargeRate it:

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run throughTo briefly summarise.Rate it:

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run throughTo repeat something.Rate it:

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run upTo bring a flag to the top of it's flag pole.Rate it:

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run out of steamTo run out of energy; to run out of motivation.Rate it:

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run alongTo leave.Rate it:

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run counterTo defy or oppose something, especially an expectation, custom, or social standard.Rate it:

(2.00 / 1 vote)

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