run
- noun
- /rʌn/
- Whitehouse, who is making a run for governor this year, filed suit in October 1999.
- a run for election
- a run for governor
- a run for Congress
Examples
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Many voters are excited about her upcoming run for the local council this election season.
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Is that the kind of publicity that will aid our run for Congress?
Fiction book (2001) -
Why would you leave to go run for elected office?
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After that, we go into his run for Congress.
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This is why I'm running for president of the United States.
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Both sides viewed Clarke's run for office as a call to arms.
Fiction book (2001) -
The theme became the cornerstone of his third and final futile run for the Republican presidential nomination.
Academic text (2001) -
After months of campaigning, she officially announced her run for mayor.
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His successful run for the Senate changed the political landscape in the state.
Synonyms
A planned set of public actions to win support
Trying to be chosen for a job or elected office
Organized actions by a candidate or party to get votes and win an election
An election to choose the leader of a state or territory
An organized effort to get someone elected to the senate
An organized effort to be elected governor of a state
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
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 Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Run for office comes from the basic sense 'to move toward', so to run for a position is to try to move into that job or role.