run

/rʌn/ v (present participle running, past tense ran /ræn/, past participle run) (BE/CONTINUE)

Definition

› to be, become, or continue in a particular way: [L] The doctor is running a bit late. [L] We’re running low on gas. [I always + adv/prep] Inflation is running at 4%. [I always + adv/prep] The show ran on Broadway for six weeks before closing.

(Definition of run v (BE/CONTINUE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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run through something phrasal verb EXAMINE
run through something phrasal verb EXIST
run to something phrasal verb
run up against something/someone phrasal verb
run up something phrasal verb
run v BE/CONTINUE
run v FLOW
run v GO QUICKLY
run v HOLE
run v LOSE COLOR
run v OPERATE

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run across someone/something phrasal verb
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run around phrasal verb
run around with someone phrasal verb
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in the running idiom
on the run idiom
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something runs in someone’s family idiom

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