run : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a contestant who loses the contest
  loser.
  

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• according to the usual order, conditions, quality, etc.; on the average; without selection or specification.

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• in the long run. Obs. Jer. Taylor.

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• in or during the whole process or course of things taken together; in the final result; in the end; finally.

  [Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses them in the long run. J. H. Newman.

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• noun the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail
  

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• noun either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
  Battle of Bull Run.
  

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• noun that part of the flight that begins with the approach to the target; includes target acquisition and ends with the release of the bombs
  

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• noun a creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War
  
• noun either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
  Battle of Bull Run.
  

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• to let go by the run, to let go altogether, instead of slacking off.

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• an open space through which cattle may run or range. U. S. Bartlett.

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• noun an enclosed yard for keeping poultry
  hen yard; chicken yard; chicken run.
  

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• noun a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
  rehearsal.
  
  • he missed too many rehearsals
  • a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding

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• noun a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team
  

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• (Baseball), a run which is made without the assistance of errors on the opposing side.

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• noun (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched
  ERA.
  

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• noun (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line
  sweep.
  

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• noun an enclosed yard for keeping poultry
  hen yard; chicken yard; chicken run.
  

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• noun a footrace run for fun (often including runners who are sponsored for a charity)
  funrun.
  

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• consecutively; as, he won ten times hand running.

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• greatly pressed; as, he was hard pushed or hard run for time, money, etc. Colloq.

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• adjective satellite designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape
  hit-and-run.
  
  • hit-and-run units
  • tip-and-run assaults
• adjective satellite involving a driver of a motor vehicle who leaves the scene of an accident
  

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• noun a base hit on which the batter scores a run
  homer.
  
• noun something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
  bull's eye; bell ringer; mark.
  
  • the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer
  • scored a bull's eye
  • hit the mark
  • the president's speech was a home run

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• (Baseball), a complete circuit of the bases made before the batted ball is returned to the home base.

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• (Civil Engin.), a device for drawing loaded wheelbarrows up an inclined plane by horse power.

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• adverb after a very lengthy period of time
  in the end.
  
  • she will succeed in the long run

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• in the whole course of things taken together; in the ultimate result; eventually.

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• noun a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out
  long haul.
  
  • in the long run we will win
  • in the long run we will all be dead
  • he performed well over the long haul

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• adjective satellite relating to or extending over a relatively long time
  long-term; semipermanent.
  
  • the long-run significance of the elections
  • the long-term reconstruction of countries damaged by the war
  • a long-term investment

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• . Same as Train mile. See under Train.

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• adjective satellite not special in any way
  mine run; unexceptional; run-of-the-mill.
  
  • run-of-the-mill boxing
  • your run-of-the-mine college graduate
  • a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career

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• noun gravel as found in natural deposits
  pit run; bank gravel.
  

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• noun gravel as found in natural deposits
  pit run; bank gravel.
  

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• noun the period that presses run to produce an issue of a newspaper
  press run.
  

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• noun the period that presses run to produce an issue of a newspaper
  press run.
  

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Right"-run`ning adjective

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1. Straight; direct.

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• verb take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  risk; take a chance; hazard; take chances; chance; adventure; gamble.
  
  • When you buy these stocks you are gambling

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• verb come together
  see; come across; meet; run across; encounter.
  
  • I'll probably see you at the meeting
  • How nice to see you again!

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• verb go against, as of rules and laws
  infringe; conflict; contravene.
  
  • He ran afoul of the law
  • This behavior conflicts with our rules

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• verb bring to the ground
  strand; ground.
  
  • the storm grounded the ship
• verb hit or reach the ground
  ground.
  

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• verb be in line with; form a line along
  line.
  
  • trees line the riverbank

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• verb play boisterously
  disport; rollick; cavort; romp; skylark; sport; frisk; lark; lark about; frolic; gambol.
  
  • The children frolicked in the garden
  • the gamboling lambs in the meadows
  • The toddlers romped in the playroom

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• verb flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
  lam; run; head for the hills; hightail it; bunk; take to the woods; scarper; escape; fly the coop; break away; scat; turn tail.
  
  • If you see this man, run!
  • The burglars escaped before the police showed up
• verb escape from the control of
  
  • Industry is running away with us all

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• verb run around the bases, in baseball
  

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• noun a run that is the result of the batter's performance
  rbi.
  
  • he had more than 100 rbi last season

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• verb pass by while running
  
  • We watched children were running by

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• verb trace
  check out.
  
  • We are running down a few tips
• verb move downward
  
  • The water ran down
• verb injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
  run down.
  
• verb use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
  peter out; poop out; run down; conk out.
  
  • At the end of the march, I pooped out
• verb examine hastily
  glance over; rake; skim; scan.
  
  • She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
• verb deplete
  exhaust; play out; sap; tire.
  
  • exhaust one's savings
  • We quickly played out our strength
• verb pursue until captured
  
  • They ran down the fugitive

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• verb become empty of water
  dry out.
  
  • The river runs dry in the summer

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• verb extend or continue for a certain period of time
  run.
  
  • The film runs 5 hours

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• verb be beset by
  encounter.
  
  • The project ran into numerous financial difficulties
• verb collide violently with an obstacle
  jar against; butt against; bump into; knock against.
  
  • I ran into the telephone pole
• verb hit against; come into sudden contact with
  strike; hit; collide with; impinge on.
  
  • The car hit a tree
  • He struck the table with his elbow
• verb come together
  see; come across; meet; run across; encounter.
  
  • I'll probably see you at the meeting
  • How nice to see you again!

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• verb to be spent or finished
  go; run low.
  
  • The money had gone after a few days
  • Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest

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• verb run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
  abscond; make off; absquatulate; decamp; bolt; go off.
  
  • The thief made off with our silver
  • the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
• verb leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
  bolt out; bolt; run off; beetle off.
  
  • The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas
  • When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out
• verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  turn back; drive out; dispel; drive away; chase away; drive off.
  
  • Drive away potential burglars
  • drive away bad thoughts
  • dispel doubts
  • The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers
• verb run away secretly with one's beloved
  elope.
  
  • The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas
• verb run off as waste
  waste.
  
  • The water wastes back into the ocean
• verb reproduce by xerography
  photocopy; xerox.
  
• verb decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
  

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• verb talk or narrate at length
  
• verb continue uninterrupted
  keep going.
  
  • The disease will run on unchecked
  • The party kept going until 4 A.M.

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• verb become used up; be exhausted
  
  • Our supplies finally ran out
• verb flow off gradually
  drain.
  
  • The rain water drains into this big vat
• verb leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
  bolt out; bolt; run off; beetle off.
  
  • The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas
  • When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out
• verb lose validity
  expire.
  
  • My passports expired last month
• verb flow, run or fall out and become lost
  spill.
  
  • The milk spilled across the floor
  • The wine spilled onto the table
• verb exhaust the supply of
  
  • We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting
• verb prove insufficient
  fail; give out.
  
  • The water supply for the town failed after a long drought
• verb use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
  peter out; poop out; run down; conk out.
  
  • At the end of the march, I pooped out

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• verb injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
  run down.
  
• verb flow or run over (a limit or brim)
  overflow; well over; brim over; overrun.
  

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• verb treat inconsiderately or harshly
  ride roughshod.
  

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• verb to be spent or finished
  go; run low.
  
  • The money had gone after a few days
  • Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest

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• malleable iron castings. See under Malleable.

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• verb apply thoroughly; think through
  work through; go through.
  
  • We worked through an example
• verb use up (resources or materials)
  exhaust; consume; wipe out; deplete; use up; eat up; eat.
  
  • this car consumes a lot of gas
  • We exhausted our savings
  • They run through 20 bottles of wine a week

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• verb pile up (debts or scores)
  
• verb raise
  hoist.
  
  • hoist the flags
  • hoist a sail
• verb fasten by sewing; do needlework
  sew; sew together; stitch.
  
• verb accumulate as a debt
  chalk up.
  
  • he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening
• verb make by sewing together quickly
  
  • run up a skirt

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• adjective satellite worn and broken down by hard use
  woebegone; creaky; decrepit; derelict; flea-bitten.
  
  • a creaky shack
  • a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
  • a flea-bitten sofa
  • a run-down neighborhood
  • a woebegone old shack
• adjective satellite having the spring unwound
  
  • a run-down watch

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• noun an angry dispute
  wrangle; dustup; words; quarrel; row.
  
  • they had a quarrel
  • they had words

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• adjective satellite not special in any way
  mine run; unexceptional; run-of-the-mill.
  
  • run-of-the-mill boxing
  • your run-of-the-mine college graduate
  • a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career

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• adjective satellite not special in any way
  mine run; unexceptional; run-of-the-mill.
  
  • run-of-the-mill boxing
  • your run-of-the-mine college graduate
  • a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career

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• adjective (verse) without a rhetorical pause between lines
  

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• noun an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction
  

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• adjective satellite (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders
  runproof; ladder-proof.
  

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• noun an uninterrupted rehearsal
  

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• noun the time at which a (software or multimedia) program is run
  
• noun (computer science) the length of time it takes to execute a software program
  

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• noun an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time
  semantic error; runtime error.
  

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• noun a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time
  runup.
  
  • a runup in interest rates
  • market runups are followed by corrections
• noun the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed
  

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• noun the act of leaving (without permission) the place you are expected to be
  

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• noun (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage
  

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• noun any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America
  dewberry bush; dewberry.
  

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• noun a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars
  

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• noun (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
  running; run; running game.
  
  • the defensive line braced to stop the run
  • the coach put great emphasis on running

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• noun rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
  longhand; cursive; cursive script.
  

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• noun a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book
  running head.
  

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• noun a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book
  running head.
  

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• noun light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow
  sidelight.
  

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• noun a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices
  

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• noun a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
  noose; slip noose.
  

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• noun a variety of club moss
  Lycopodium clavitum.
  

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• noun (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
  running; run; running game.
  
  • the defensive line braced to stop the run
  • the coach put great emphasis on running

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• noun tropical American passion flower with finely dissected bracts; stems malodorous when crushed
  Passiflora foetida; wild water lemon; love-in-a-mist.
  

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• noun hairy trailing or prostrate western Australian vine with bright scarlet-pink flowers
  Kennedia prostrata; scarlet runner.
  

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• noun a light comfortable shoe designed for running
  

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• noun a racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line
  flying start.
  
• noun a quick and auspicious beginning
  flying start.
  

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• noun small, even, hand stitches run in and out
  

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• noun a matching jacket and pants worn by joggers and made of fabric that absorbs perspiration
  

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• noun the length of time that a movie or tv show runs
  

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• noun the title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head
  

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• an extensive tract of country where sheep range and graze.

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• adjective satellite relating to or extending over a limited period
  short-term.
  
  • short-run planning
  • a short-term lease
  • short-term credit

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• noun trail or slope prepared for skiing
  ski trail.
  

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• noun a print run of a newspaper during which some articles or advertisements are changed to produce a different edition
  

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• ordinary persons; the generality or average of people or things; also, that which ordinarily occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind.

  I saw nothing else that is superior to the common run of parks. Walpole.

  Burns never dreamed of looking down on others as beneath him, merely because he was conscious of his own vast superiority to the common run of men. Prof. Wilson.

  His whole appearance was something out of the common run. W. Irving.

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• adjective satellite designed for or consisting of a brief attack followed by a quick escape
  hit-and-run.
  
  • hit-and-run units
  • tip-and-run assaults

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• . See under Fall.

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• (Fig.), to be on the same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in all the circumstances to be considered. "This example is on all fours with the other." "No simile can go on all fours." Macaulay.

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• to make off suddenly and quickly; from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. Colloq.

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• (Naut.), to loosen and let run freely, as lines; to let fall without restraint, as a sail.

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• (Naut.), to allow to pass or move freely; to slacken or loosen.

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• to move, run, or go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is to run against time.

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• to keep it clear, and see that no hitch occurs.

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• to get to, or away from, a blockaded port in safety.

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• to lead astray; to puzzle; alluding to the habits of some animals of running back over the same track to mislead their pursuers.

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• . See Amuck.

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• to play a trick; to engage in a frolic; to do something strange and unbecoming.

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• to incur hazard; to encounter danger.

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• to run against or come into collision with, especially so as to become entangled or to cause injury.

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• to pursue or follow; to search for; to endeavor to find or obtain; as to run after similies. Locke.

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• to rush out in a state of frenzy, as the Malays sometimes do under the influence of "bhang," and attack every one that comes in the way; to assail recklessly and indiscriminately.

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• to flee; to escape; to elope; to run without control or guidance.

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• . (a) To convey away hurriedly; to accompany in escape or elopement. (b) To drag rapidly and with violence; as, a horse runs away with a carriage.

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• . (a) To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; said of clocks, watches, etc. batteries (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
• . (a) (Hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted; as, to run down, a stag . (b) (Naut.) To run against and sink, as a vessel . (c) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear .

  "religion is run down by the license of these times." Berkeley.

  (d) To disparage; to traduce. F. W. Newman.

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• to sail along it.

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• to stand as a candidate for an office.

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• . (a) To press in competition; as, to run one hard in a race. (b) To urge or press importunately . (c) To banter severely.

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• . (a) To enter; to step in . (b) To come in collision with.

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• to run in debt; to get credit. Obs.

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• . (a) To close; to comply; to agree with. R. T. Baker. (b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as, to run in with the land.

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• to carry to an absurd extreme; to overdo. Slang, U.S. also, to operate a machine (as a car) without maintenance, until it malfunctions or becomes useless

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• . (a) To become wild with excitement . (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia.

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• . See under Mad.

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• to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. "The world is running mad after farce." Dryden.

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• to cause to flow away, as a charge of molten metal from a furnace.

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• . (a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a year or two without a settlement. (b) To talk incessantly . (c) To continue a course . (d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with sarcasm; to bear hard on . (e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without making a break or beginning a new paragraph .
• (Print. ), to carry on or continue, as the type for a new sentence, without making a break or commencing a new paragraph.

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• . (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out Michaelmas. (b) To extend; to spread . "Insectile animals . . . run all out into legs." Hammond. (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out.

  And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. Dryden.

• . (a) To thrust or push out; to extend. (b) To waste; to exhaust; as, to run out an estate . (c) (Baseball) To put out while running between two bases.

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• (Mach.), to have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece.
• . (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs over. (b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily . (c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.

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• to act wantonly or without restraint.
• to go to excess.

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• to encounter all the risks of a certain course.

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• to suffer the punishment of the gantlet; hence, to go through the ordeal of severe criticism or controversy, or ill-treatment at many hands.

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• /mcol>, to pass the watch or sentinel without leave.

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• . (a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book. (b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
• to transfix; to pierce, as with a sword. "[He] was run through the body by the man who had asked his advice." Addison.

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• to expend or exhaust vitality in producing seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.

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• to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as, accounts of goods credited run up very fast.

  But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees. Sir W. Scott.

• . (a) To thrust up, as anything long and slender. (b) To increase; to enlarge by additions, as an account . e.g. to incur a debt, as to run up a bill (c) To erect hastily, as a building .

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• (Print.), to use or require a greater number of some particular letters, figures, or marks than the regular proportion, as, for example, in making an index.

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• to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.

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• . (a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the streets ran with blood. (b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance . "Its rivers ran with gold." J. H. Newman.

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• noun trying something to find out about it
  test; trial; tryout.
  
  • a sample for ten days free trial
  • a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain

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• noun a run that was scored as a result of an error by the other team
  

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