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run overrun over; schedule, time limit, with vehicle, budget, expense account, 'heels', time limit, person's feelings, vacation time, lawn, curb, warranty, guarantee, lease, stay, sidewalk,Rate it:

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run overto rehearseRate it:

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run pastTo bring an idea or proposal to the attention of someone in order to obtain their opinion.Rate it:

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run rampantTo go unchecked or without control; to be wild or excessive.Rate it:

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run rings aroundTo demonstrate superiority, or greater skill than another person, team or group of people.Rate it:

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run riotTo be uncontrolable.Rate it:

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run riotTo act in an uncontrolled, unbridled mannerRate it:

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run roitbehave without restrainRate it:

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run scaredTo try everything to avoid defeat.Rate it:

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run somebody raggedTo exhaust; to demand excessive effort or work from somebody.Rate it:

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run someone raggedTo exhaust; to demand excessive effort or work from somebody.Rate it:

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run something byTo bring an idea or proposal to the attention of someone in order to obtain their opinion.Rate it:

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run something pastTo bring an idea or proposal to the attention of someone in order to obtain their opinion.Rate it:

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run the clock downTo run down the clockRate it:

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run the gamutTo encompass the full range or variety possible.Rate it:

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run the gauntletTo undergo a series of tests or challenges.Rate it:

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run the gauntletUsed other than as an idiom: see run, gauntlet.Rate it:

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run the rule overExamine carefully and thoroughly.Rate it:

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run throughTo use completely, in a short space of time. Usually money.Rate it:

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run throughTo impale a person with a blade, usually a sword.Rate it:

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run to earthto find someone or something after a long and difficult searchRate it:

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run upTo make something, usually an item of clothing, very quickly.Rate it:

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run upTo accumulate a debt.Rate it:

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run wildto go unchecked, to be out of controlRate it:

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run withTo be a member of (a gang or hooligan firm).Rate it:

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run withTo follow something through to completion or realization.Rate it:

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run with scissorsTo behave recklessly.Rate it:

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run with the hare and hunt with the houndsTo support both sides of an argument.Rate it:

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run-of-the-millOrdinary; not special.Rate it:

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solo runA run made while soloing the football.Rate it:

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take a run atTo attack or challenge or to try to attack or challenge.Rate it:

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take a run atTo attempt to achieve or acquire.Rate it:

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you can run but one can't hideThere is nothing someone can do to evade something.You can run but you can't hide.Rate it:

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you can't run with the hare and hunt with the houndsYou can't have it both ways.Rate it:

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a morning birdThat means the bird always wakes up early in the morning to find its meal.Rate it:

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a purple patchBritish (Informal) a run of success or good fortune. "people expect him to score in every game now he's hit a purple patch."Rate it:

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beat feetTo run.Rate it:

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below parHaving a price below its face value.Rate it:

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Bite Off More Than You Can ChewTo take on something more than of its actual capacity, a person, who tries to accomplish too much, or is greedy by nature, or overconfident or too much motivated, taking more responsibility or task that a person can manageRate it:

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boot upTo start a computer using its bootstrap procedure.Rate it:

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bucket of boltsA piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often of old cars.Rate it:

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business as usualThe normal course of an activity, particularly in circumstances that are out of the ordinary.Rate it:

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dead cat bounceA temporary recovery in the price of a financial instrument which has fallen rapidly and is expected to fall further in the long run.Rate it:

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embrace, extend and extinguishA strategy of marketing that involves extending widely used standards of product categories with proprietary capabilities, and then using the differences to disadvantage its competitors.Rate it:

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floor itto move (run, ride etc.) at full speedRate it:

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flutter in the dovecoteI further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.Rate it:

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game outTo run through scenarios to determine what will happen given certain decisions; to play out possibilities; to examine several ideas to come up with their likeliest end results.Rate it:

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hell in a hand basketto go to one's doom, to deteriorate quickly, to proceed on a course to disaster. The phrase go to hell in a handbasket is an American phrase which came into general use during the American Civil War, though its popularity has spread into other countries.Rate it:

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high-tail itTo hurry or run; often, to flee.Rate it:

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knock oneself outto grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in its outcome.Rate it:

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