to run
- verb
- /rʌn/
- US
- When the Liberty Party urged Longfellow to run for Congress, he declined.
- run for office
- run as a candidate
- run for president
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- Donald Trump is running to stay out of prison.
- But if Kamala runs, she could be here.
- I, I would consider running as well.
- So I decided not to run instead of Hillary ran.
- A couple of years before he decided to run for president.
- Why did you decide to run for Congress?
- What about if General G run for Prime Minister in the UK?
Examples
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Indeed, there are many factors that influence whether women run for office and whether they succeed.
Academic text (2013) -
He should run for President, or something.
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Politics is more than running for elections.
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What if he decided to run?
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-Maybe I'll run for Congress.
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Increasing numbers of female candidates are running for Congress in American national elections.
Academic text (2013) -
That's why I want to run for President.
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If you are interested in running for office in 2009, contact Genny Pfeufer at gpfeufer@neha.org.
Academic text (2008) -
Katherine Switzer would go on to advocate women's right to run in this marathon.
Academic text (2013) -
I decided to run for student council to help improve our school community.
Synonyms
To be a candidate in an election
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To feel very excited about something and then lose interest often
- Informal
Move quickly from place to place trying to solve many urgent problems
- Archaic
Act in a confused or uncontrolled way because of strong emotion
To support two opposite sides at the same time to please both
To support two opposite sides at the same time
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To damage something by using it too much or managing it badly
- Specialized
To move around all four bases on a baseball field to score, usually after hitting the ball
Compounds
A vehicle crash caused by a driver who leaves without helping or saying who they are
- Specialized
A run charged to the pitcher when the other team makes no fielding error or passed ball
- Specialized
The part of a plane's mission when it approaches a target and drops weapons on it
Many customers try to take out their money from a bank because they fear it will fail
- Specialized
Average number of runs a pitcher allows in nine innings, not counting runs after fielding mistakes
A sentence that joins more than one full idea without proper punctuation or connecting words
- Literature
The number of copies made for one edition of a magazine, book or newspaper
An early Civil War battle in Virginia where Confederate forces defeat Union troops
- Specialized
A score given to a batter when their hit lets another player reach home
- Jargon
A run scored because a defensive player made a mistake, not from the batter's play
A major early Civil War battle fought in July 1861 near Manassas, Virginia that the Confederate army won
- Jargon
The normal action during a game not counting set pieces like free kicks or penalties
- Jargon
An attempt to move the ball by running around the end of the line in American football
- Specialized
A problem that happens while a program is running because of wrong data or bad instructions
- Jargon
A set of newspaper or magazine copies with some pages changed for different areas
- Specialized
A loose mix of small stones and sand taken from a gravel pit and used as is
How Active
Surface Forms
Etymology
Run meaning to be a candidate comes from the idea of moving toward a position, so when someone runs for office they try to move into that job.