Another word for run

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To move swiftly on foot so that both feet leave the ground during each stride

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To move swiftly

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To leave hastily

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To move or proceed away from a place.

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To be with as a companion.

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rub elbows (or shoulders)

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To look to when in need

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To complete a race or competition in a specified position

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To move freely as a liquid

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To come forth or emit in abundance

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To change from a solid to a liquid

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To proceed on a certain course or for a certain distance

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To change or fluctuate within limits

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To be performed

show
play

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performing-arts

To urge to move along

herd
drive

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To look for and pursue (game) in order to capture or kill it

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To perform a function effectively

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To set or keep going

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To control or direct the functioning of

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To import or export secretly and illegally

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run contraband

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To separate or pull apart by force

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To cause to penetrate with force

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To control the course of (an activity)

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To have charge of (the affairs of others)

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Noun

A trip in a motor vehicle

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A small stream

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A hole made by tearing

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A number of things placed or occurring one after the other

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run across

To find or meet by chance

run after

To follow (another) with the intent of overtaking and capturing

run away

To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation

run down

To lose so much strength and power as to become ineffective or motionless

run down

To pursue and locate

run down

To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant

run down

To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of

run-in

To take into custody as a prisoner

run-in

To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize

run into

To find or meet by chance

run into

To come up against

run into

To come to in number or quantity

run on

To talk volubly, persistently, and usually inconsequentially

run out

To make or become no longer active or productive

run out

To prove deficient or insufficient

run out

To become void, especially through passage of time or an omission

run-through

To use all of

run-through

To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of

run-through

To look through reading matter casually

run up

To make or become greater or larger

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Another word for run

Noun

The act of running

A series

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In baseball, a score

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The average

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A course

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Verb

To move, usually rapidly

To go swiftly by physical effort

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To function

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To cause to function

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To extend

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To continue

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To read

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To compete

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in-the-long-run

on-the-run

busy, in a hurry, running;

on-the-run

retreating, routed, escaping, on the lam*;

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