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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 without interruption.Rate it:

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run onTo continue talking for a long time.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 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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rat runA small road that people venture down when they want to sneak off the motorway and take a short cut.Rate it:

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

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run downTo criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.Rate it:

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run offTo leave someone without prior advice.Rate it:

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run overTo practice quickly, briefly.Rate it:

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hold with the hare and run with the houndsTo oppose an action or behavior and yet engage in the same action or behavior; to be a hypocrite.Rate it:

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rat run/runningTo drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.Rate it:

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run amokTo go on a rampage; to be in an uncontrollable rage.Rate it:

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run around like a chicken with its head cut offTo act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control.Rate it:

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run roughshod overTo treat roughly or without care, respect, or moderation; to act without control; to damage.Rate it:

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against the run of playContrary to the flow of the game.Rate it:

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dummy runA trial or practice before the real attempt.Rate it:

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have the run ofTo have permission or freedom to move around throughout an area or to use something at will.Rate it:

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having a good run of itWhen something is going or has gone really well.Rate it:

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hold with the hare and run with the houndsTo remain neutral by attempting to placate two factions or both sides of a controversy.Rate it:

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home runA four-base hit, a homer.Rate it:

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home runbaseball termRate it:

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home runA success; especially, a popular success.Rate it:

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home runThe portion of a journey that ends at home.Rate it:

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