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
- 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 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.