run
- noun
- /rʌn/
- You've just done the school run and now we're off to the party.
- a short run
Just on the school run, you know, down to the office job.
- Just on the school run, you know, down to the office job.
- And we should say that that is a run from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
Examples
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Can you make a beer run?
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- You were supposed to make a run this morning weren't you?
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Just on the school run, you know, down to the office job.
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Hey, Ben, we're doing a coffee run.
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I'll be right here when you get back from your run.
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There goes Reef Ryan, taking his practice run.
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What do you want, Airman? - Yeah, I'm doing a Starbucks run.
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In Ketchikan, they paired up with another boat, the Wayfarer, for the run across Dixon Entrance.
Fiction book (1996) -
The delivery truck makes its daily run to the grocery store at 9 AM.
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She completed a quick run to the bank to deposit her paycheck.
Synonyms
A journey in a car, bus, or train
A road or path people use to travel between places
A trip in a car, often for travel or pleasure
A short trip to do a small task, often for someone else
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
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
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Run for a regular journey comes from the idea of moving along a set path, so a ferry or bus 'makes a run' when it goes the same route regularly.