Collocations for "runner"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "runner" in context.
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runner
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [fast, slow, quick, professional] runner
- a [middle, long] -distance runner
- a [marathon, cross-country] runner
- the first runner to [win, reach, break, cross]
- [5,000] runners [took part, completed]
- the fastest runner in the [school, the race]
- am not much of a runner
- was a runner in [high school, college]
- a runner for the [company, courts, agent]
- a runner in the [stock exchange, company]
- the runner on [first, third] base
- the bases are loaded with runners
- [bamboo, plant] runners (in the soil)
- the [car, van] is a reliable runner
- UK: among the runners for the [award, prize, job]
- the [door, drawer] came off the runner
- a [door] on runners
'runner' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):