to run
- verb
- /rʌn/
- I'm a stay at home dad and I run an online company.
- run a business
- run programs
- state-run company
Then they have priests that run those parishes, OK.
- Then they have priests that run those parishes, OK.
- If you can't keep, you can't run a good company.
- So make a deal with Fatah that runs the best West Bank.
- And that's because Miami was was being run by the cartel, literally.
- So let's be clear, X is run and owned by Elon Musk.
- I hired Gabby to run Vayner Lat Ham, right?
- And a man named Stan ran it, and it's always a Stan.
- My chief of patrol who runs the patrol division for the NYPD.
- So I could accept that they would run them as two separate trials.
- Got a niece, She runs my, my rental stuff for me now.
- And that's kind of how I run run my life.
- That's all it is, run by people, human beings.
Examples
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As the new director, he was excited to run the art gallery and bring in innovative exhibitions.
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These are people who run a comedy theatre.
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This folks, is how you run a company meeting room.
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You can't tell me how to run my business.
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Professional development and genius bars run by students reside here and benefit the entire school.
Academic text (2015) -
Student teachers often feel overwhelmed by the responsibilities of running a classroom during their field placements.
Academic text (2012) -
Jannsen teaches Spanish and runs a dance studio, while her husband, Rush, practices Ayurvedic medicine.
Academic text (2017) -
Additionally, Susana is a sophisticated woman who runs an expensive jewelry store in Juarez.
Academic text (2008) -
She knows how to run a successful nonprofit organization, ensuring that it helps the community effectively.
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Many entrepreneurs struggle to run their businesses without a clear financial plan or strategy.
Synonyms
To be in charge of a group or a business
To run a business or project and make the main decisions
Manage the running of something like a business or program
To be in charge of an activity or group
Idioms
- Informal
To feel very excited about something and then lose interest often
- Archaic
Act in a confused or uncontrolled way because of strong emotion
To support two opposite sides at the same time to please both
- Informal
Move quickly from place to place trying to solve many urgent problems
To support two opposite sides at the same time
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To damage something by using it too much or managing it badly
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
- Specialized
A score given to a batter when their hit lets another player reach home
An early Civil War battle in Virginia where Confederate forces defeat Union troops
- Jargon
A run scored because a defensive player made a mistake, not from the batter's play
- 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
A major early Civil War battle fought in July 1861 near Manassas, Virginia that the Confederate army won
- Specialized
A problem that happens while a program is running because of wrong data or bad instructions
- Specialized
A loose mix of small stones and sand taken from a gravel pit and used as is
- Jargon
A set of newspaper or magazine copies with some pages changed for different areas
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Run meaning 'manage' comes from the idea of making something move forward, so to run a business is to make it work and keep it moving.