running mate
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- noun
- /ˈrʌnɪŋ meɪt/
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compañero de fórmula
- He has won this presidential race... ...along with his running mate, Senator Al Gore.
- a vice-presidential running mate
- a presidential running mate
- choose a running mate
So, RK Junior, he has his running mate, but is she who his supporters wanted?
- So, RK Junior, he has his running mate, but is she who his supporters wanted?
- I'm very and I'm very very proud to announce that I am running as as his running mate, Kanye West swagger souls.
- And he picked his little mini tyrant weirdo JD Vance to be his running mate who everybody hates, right?
- First thing I want to show you has to do with the convicted felon, Donald Trump's running mate.
- The there there are some rumors that Trump was looking to Kennedy as a running mate, and I was like, what would that look like?
- And when I was looking at potential running mates, there are incredibly talented, experienced, wonderful people.
- I was going to say, so your book and your story, it has echoes of JD Vance and for the British people might not know, but he's the running mate of Trump now.
- And he is of course governor of Kentucky in his second term who went after Trump's running mate JD Vance for being like a fake E Kentuckian apparently.
- I see his his running mate is sort of has some more to do with that.
Examples
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Clinton and his running mate, Al Gore, identify themselves as Baptists.
Academic text (1998) -
Choosing Ryan as his running mate is actually the one thing that I respect about Romney.
Blog text (3) -
Where are we on this running mate thing?
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-Have you decided on a running mate?
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But we need a running mate.
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Because I had the good sense to pick my big brother to be my running mate?
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They want to talk to me about being his running mate.
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Alongside him, Robert Kennedy junior says he has chosen his running mate and will announce his VP pick in the next two weeks.
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Sources close to presidential candidate Bill Post tell us he's poised to select General Joseph Campbell as his running mate.
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During the campaign, the candidate carefully selected a running mate who could complement his strengths.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'running mate' is compositionally built from 'running' (from run = to compete for office) + 'mate' (partner), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it means the partner who runs together on the same ticket. This is a straightforward, non-metaphorical political collocation that B1 learners who know 'run' in the electoral sense and 'mate' as partner should be able to understand.
Etymology
Running mate comes from the image of two people running side by side, where one is the leader and the other is a mate, a partner who runs with them. That's why it now means the partner on the same election team, often the 'vice-president' candidate.