to run
- verb
- /rʌn/
- You know, the same theme runs in country after country.
- run counter to
- run deep
- run contrary to
Goods cannot but run true to type, he says.
- 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
- 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
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.