to run
- verb
- /rʌn/
- You know, the same theme runs in country after country.
- run counter to
- run deep
- run contrary to
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- Goods cannot but run true to type, he says.
- You know, the same theme runs in country after country.
- So I guess athletics runs in our blood genetically.
- And like, I would say Lulu runs small or true to size.
- Quantum such that or so much that the idle mind runs through all things.
- You can think of the virtues as things that run like threads throughout this history.
- Narcissistic abuse runs deep in families, and it often runs through our life histories.
- But for some people it does run, you know, a little bit rampant.
Examples
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So a lot of people are letting life run them into the ground.
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Yet the rural plains have endured long-running population loss and decline of services.
Academic text (1999) -
Yeah, it runs in your jeans.
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The assumptions of the modern mindset run throughout the whole of modern education.
Academic text (1992) -
However, focusing on early reading needs is insufficient because these students' needs run deeper and teachers' responsibilities wider.
Academic text (2015) -
Mental health issues often run in families, affecting multiple generations.
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She has always felt that creativity runs in her family, as many relatives are artists.
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The tradition of storytelling runs deep in their culture, passed down through generations.
Synonyms
To often do something or behave in a certain way
To tend to support one choice or opinion
To be likely to do something or to make someone feel that way
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 Common
Surface Forms
Etymology
Run meaning 'have a tendency' comes from the image of a line that goes from one point to another, so when prices 'run' from low to high they cover a range.