Collocations for "run"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "run" in context.
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run
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- run [fast, quickly, the fastest]
- run [5K, a marathon]
- run in a [race, competition]
- run and [hide, play, jump]
- running in circles
- run to [safety, get help]
- run for [help, your lives, the hills]
- run to [work, the store]
- run by [work]
- the [robber, criminal, thief] ran (away)
- ran from the scene (of the crime)
- ran away from home
- run away from your problems
- run off with your [girlfriend, lover]
- his [wife, girlfriend, partner] ran off and left him
- ran off with the [money, jewels, goods]
- run around [town, like crazy]
- run into the [distance, sunset]
- run into [trouble, problems, difficulties]
- ran into her [on the street, at the mall]
- ran across her [on the street]
- running [late, on time]
- running behind (schedule)
- run on [battery power, solar power, gas]
- running short [on, of] [power]
- run out of [time, flour, money, coffee]
- [time] is running out
- run for [president, office]
- ran over [his foot, a pothole, the pedestrian]
- (let's) run over the [answers, main points]
- [rain, raindrops] ran down [the window, her face]
- [tears, teardrops] ran down [the window, her face, his cheeks]
- the colors ran in the wash
- ran his car into [an ATM, the back of a truck]
- run the program
- ran a [credit, background] check
- runs [her own business, the store, a restaurant]
- (you) run the risk of
- ran the [gauntlet, gamut] of
- is (always) running his mouth off
- run my [ideas, proposals, thoughts] by you
- run that by me again
- the [ship, boat] ran aground
- [children, kids] have run me ragged
- the [water, well, faucet] ran dry
- a [quick, short, brief, long, lengthy] run
- a [sponsored, charity, fundraising, park] run
- a [five-mile, 10K] run
- the [usual, standard, local, neighborhood] run
- a [morning, afternoon, evening, dawn] run
- [go for, take] a run
- a run around the [park, block, lake]
- a [ski, bobsled, cross-country] run
- a [beginner, black diamond] run
- do the [morning, afternoon, evening, daily] run
- the [battery, generator, machine] has a [24] -hour run
- had a [clear, smooth, good] run
- [on, during, when I do] the school run
- there was a run on the [banks, markets, shares]
- the [children, boys, girls] had the run of the house
- the [home, local, visiting] team scored [nine] runs
- the batsman [smashed, hit, scored] a home run
- (made) a quick run for the [door, exit, border]
- (let's) make a run for it
- a [quick, short] run to the [office, store]
- on the run from the [police, law, authorities]
- the daily run to the [stores, grocers, supermarket]
- the [mail, delivery] man's usual run
- in the [normal] run of [events, things]
- a run of [good, bad] luck
- a run of five [wins, losses, draws, ties]
- have an [ace high] run
- is [better, faster, more expensive] in the long run
- [got, have] the runs!
- a [rabbit, chicken] run
'run' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
North
- action
- administrator
- afternoon
- agenda
- alone
- amount
- arrest
- astonishing
- average
- back
- backbone
- bakery
- banana
- barren
- basement
- bat
- batch
- bath
- bathtub
- batter
- battery
- battle
- benefit
- booze
- boss
- bridge
- bull
- bus
- business
- cafeteria
- campaign
- capture
- car
- careful
- cartridge
- chalk
- charity
- check
- cheetah
- class
- clown
- cluster
- command
- concurrent
- consider
- constant
- contractor
- cool
- council