| 单词 | run |
| 释义 | run (rʌn ) Word forms: runs , running , ran language note: The form run is used in the present tense and is also the past participle of the verb. 1. verb A1 When you run, you move more quickly than when you walk, for example because you are in a hurry to get somewhere, or for exercise. I excused myself and ran back to the phone. [VERB adverb/preposition] Police believe the gunmen ran off into the woods. [VERB adverb/preposition] Neighbouring shopkeepers ran after the man and caught him. [VERB adverb/preposition] He ran the last block to the White House with two cases of gear. [V n/amount] Antonia ran to meet them. [VERB] Synonyms: race, speed, rush, dash Run is also a noun. After a six-mile run, Jackie returns home for a substantial breakfast. 2. verb B1 When someone runs in a race, they run in competition with other people. ...when I was running in the New York Marathon. [VERB] The British sprinter ran a controlled race to qualify in 51.32 sec. [VERB noun] Synonyms: take part, be in, compete, participate 3. verb When a horse runs in a race or when its owner runs it, it competes in a race. The owner insisted on Cool Ground running in the Gold Cup. [VERB] If we have a wet spell, Cecil could also run Armiger in the Derby. [VERB noun] 4. verb B2 If you say that something long, such as a road, runs in a particular direction, you are describing its course or position. You can also say that something runs the length or width of something else. ...the sun-dappled trail which ran through the beech woods. [VERB preposition/adverb] ...a gas-filled glass tube with a thin wire running down the centre. [VERB preposition/adverb] The hallway ran the length of the villa. [VERB noun] Synonyms: continue, go, stretch, last 5. verb If you run a wire or tube somewhere, you fix it or pull it from, to, or across a particular place. Our host ran a long extension cord out from the house and set up a screen and a projector. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 6. verb If you run your hand or an object through something, you move your hand or the object through it. He laughed and ran his fingers through his hair. [VERB noun preposition] I ran the brush through my hair and dashed out. [VERB noun preposition] Fumbling, he ran her card through the machine. [VERB noun preposition] It hurt to breathe, and he winced as he ran his hand over his ribs. [VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: pass, go, move, roll 7. verb If you run something through a machine, process, or series of tests, you make it go through the machine, process, or tests. They have gathered the best statistics they can find and run them through their own computers. [V n + through] 8. verb If someone runs for office in an election, they take part as a candidate. It was only last February that he announced he would run for president. [VERB + for] In 1864, McClellan ran against Lincoln as the Democratic candidate for president. [VERB + against] Women are running in nearly all the contested seats in Los Angeles. [VERB] Synonyms: compete, stand, contend, be a candidate 9. singular noun A run for office is an attempt to be elected to office. [mainly US] He was already preparing his run for the presidency. [+ for] 10. verb B1 If you run something such as a business or an activity, you are in charge of it or you organize it. His stepfather ran a prosperous paint business. [VERB noun] Is this any way to run a country? [VERB noun] Each teacher will run a different workshop that covers a specific area of the language. [VERB noun] ...a well-run, profitable organisation. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: manage, lead, direct, be in charge of 11. verb [usually cont] B2 If you talk about how a system, an organization, or someone's life is running, you are saying how well it is operating or progressing. Officials in charge of the camps say the system is now running extremely smoothly. [VERB adverb] ...the staff who have kept the bank running. [VERB] Synonyms: go, work, operate, perform 12. verb B2 If you run an experiment, computer program, or other process, or start it running, you start it and let it continue. He ran a lot of tests and it turned out I had an infection called mycoplasma. [VERB noun] You can check your program one command at a time while it's running. [VERB] Synonyms: perform, do, carry out, execute 13. verb B2 When you run a cassette or video tape or when it runs, it moves through the machine as the machine operates. He pushed the play button again and ran the tape. [VERB noun] The tape had run to the end but recorded nothing. [VERB] 14. verb [usually cont] B2 When a machine is running or when you are running it, it is switched on and is working. He had failed to realise that the camera was still running. [VERB] We told him to wait out front with the engine running. [VERB] ...with everybody running their appliances all at the same time. [VERB noun] 15. verb A machine or equipment that runs on or off a particular source of energy functions using that source of energy. Black cabs run on diesel. [V + on/off] Rows of stalls are given over to restaurants running off gas cylinders. [V on/off n] 16. verb If you run a car or a piece of equipment, you have it and use it. [mainly British] I ran a 1960 Rover 100 from 1977 until 1983. [VERB noun] Synonyms: drive, own, keep, maintain 17. verb B1+ When you say that vehicles such as trains and buses run from one place to another, you mean they regularly travel along that route. A shuttle bus runs frequently between the Inn and the Country Club. [VERB preposition] ...a government which can't make the trains run on time. [VERB] Synonyms: operate, go, travel, shuttle 18. verb If you run someone somewhere in a car, you drive them there. [informal] Could you run me up to Baltimore? [VERB noun preposition/adverb] 19. verb If you run over or down to a place that is quite near, you drive there. [informal] I'll run over to Short Mountain and check on Mrs Adams. [VERB adverb] 20. countable noun A run is a journey somewhere. A run to Southampton showed the car was capable of a reasonable journey. ...doing the morning school run. ...after their bombing runs against ground troops. Synonyms: round, route, journey, circuit 21. verb B2 If a liquid runs in a particular direction, it flows in that direction. Tears were running down her cheeks. [VERB preposition/adverb] There were cisterns to catch rainwater as it ran off the castle walls. [VERB preposition/adverb] Wash the rice in cold water until the water runs clear. [VERB adjective] Synonyms: flow, pour, stream, cascade 22. verb B2 If you run water, or if you run a tap or a bath, you cause water to flow from a tap. She went to the sink and ran water into her empty glass. [VERB noun] They heard him running the kitchen tap. [VERB noun] I threw off my clothing quickly and ran a warm bath. [VERB noun] 23. verb [only cont] B2 If a tap or a bath is running, water is coming out of a tap. You must have left a tap running in the bathroom. [VERB] He came fully awake to hear the bath running. [VERB] 24. verb [usually cont] If your nose is running, liquid is flowing out of it, usually because you have a cold. Timothy was crying, mostly from exhaustion, and his nose was running. [VERB] 25. verb [usually cont] B2 If a surface is running with a liquid, that liquid is flowing down it. After an hour he realised he was completely running with sweat. [VERB + with] The window panes were running with condensation. [VERB with noun] 26. verb If the dye in some cloth or the ink on some paper runs, it comes off or spreads when the cloth or paper gets wet. The ink had run on the wet paper. [VERB] Synonyms: spread, mix, bleed, be diffused 27. verb If a feeling runs through your body or a thought runs through your mind, you experience it or think it quickly. She felt a surge of excitement run through her. [VERB + through] All sorts of thoughts were running through my head. [VERB through noun] 28. verb If a feeling or noise runs through a group of people, it spreads among them. A buzz of excitement ran through the crowd. [VERB + through] Synonyms: circulate, spread, creep, go round 29. verb If a theme or feature runs through something such as someone's actions or writing, it is present in all of it. Another thread running through this series is the role of doctors. [VERB + through] ...the theme running through the book. [VERB through noun] There was something of this mood running throughout the Party's deliberations. [V + throughout] 30. verb When newspapers or magazines run a particular item or story or if it runs, it is published or printed. The newspaper ran a series of four editorials entitled 'The Choice of Our Lives'. [VERB noun] ...an editorial that ran this weekend entitled 'Mr. Cuomo Backs Out'. [VERB] Synonyms: publish, carry, feature, display 31. verb You can use run to indicate that you are quoting someone else's words or ideas. 'Whoa, I'm goin' to Barbay-dos!' ran the jaunty lyrics of a 1970s hit song. [VERB with quote] 32. verb If an amount is running at a particular level, it is at that level. Today's RPI figure shows inflation running at 10.9 per cent. [VERB + at] The deficit is now running at about 300 million dollars a year. [VERB at noun] 33. verb B2 If a play, event, or legal contract runs for a particular period of time, it lasts for that period of time. It pleased critics but ran for only three years in the West End. [VERB + for] The contract was to run from 1992 to 2020. [VERB preposition] I predict it will run and run. [VERB] Synonyms: be valid, be in force, be legally binding 34. verb [usually cont] If someone or something is running late, they have taken more time than had been planned. If they are running to time or ahead of time, they have taken the time planned or less than the time planned. Tell her I'll call her back later, I'm running late again. [VERB adverb/preposition] The steward will tell you whether the event is running to time. [VERB adverb/preposition] 35. verb If you are running a temperature or a fever, you have a high temperature because you are ill. The little girl is running a fever and she needs help. [VERB noun] 36. countable noun A run of a play or television programme is the period of time during which performances are given or programmes are shown. The Globe begins a two-month run of the Bard of Avon's most famous and enduring love story. This excellent BBC series begins a run on Artsworld with a look at Edvard Munch's The Scream. 37. singular noun A run of successes or failures is a series of successes or failures. The England skipper is haunted by a run of low scores. [+ of] The Scottish Tories' run of luck is holding. Synonyms: sequence, period, stretch, spell 38. countable noun A run of a product is the amount that a company or factory decides to produce at one time. Wayne plans to increase the print run to 1,000. Their defense markets are too small to sustain economically viable production runs. 39. countable noun B2 In cricket or baseball, a run is a score of one, which is made by players running between marked places on the field after hitting the ball. At 20 he became the youngest player to score 2,000 runs in a season. 40. singular noun If someone gives you the run of a place, they give you permission to go where you like in it and use it as you wish. He had the run of the house and the pool. [+ of] Synonyms: free use, unrestricted access to, a free hand in, unrestricted use of 41. singular noun [with supplement] If you say that someone or something is different from the average run or common run of people or things, you mean that they are different from ordinary people or things. ...a man who was outside the common run of professional athletes at the time. ...trying to accomplish the usual run of maintenance jobs and write a column too. Synonyms: type, sort, kind, class 42. singular noun If there is a run on something, a lot of people want to buy it or get it at the same time. A run on sterling has killed off hopes of a rate cut. [+ on] Synonyms: sudden demand for, pressure for, clamour for, rush for 43. countable noun [usually noun NOUN] B2 A ski run or bobsleigh run is a course or route that has been designed for skiing or for riding in a bobsleigh. 44. See also running, dummy run, test run, trial run 45. against the run of sth phrase If something happens against the run of play or against the run of events, it is different from what is generally happening in a game or situation. [British] The decisive goal arrived against the run of play. Against the run of the polls, the Socialist Workers' Party won Sunday's general election by an unexpectedly large margin. 46. run someone close/run someone a close second/run a close second phrase If you run someone close, run them a close second, or run a close second, you almost beat them in a race or competition. We played a top side on Sunday and ran them close. The party won at least one county, and ran a close second in several others. 47. run dry phrase If a river or well runs dry, it no longer has any water in it. If an oil well runs dry, it no longer produces any oil. Streams had run dry for the first time in memory. 48. run dry phrase If a source of information or money runs dry, no more information or money can be obtained from it. Three days into production, the kitty had run dry. 49. run in sb's family phrase B2 If a characteristic runs in someone's family, it often occurs in members of that family, in different generations. The insanity which ran in his family haunted him. 50. make a run for it/run for it phrase If you make a run for it or if you run for it, you run away in order to escape from someone or something. A helicopter hovered overhead as one of the gang made a run for it. Cody, get out, run for it. 51. run high phrase If people's feelings are running high, they are very angry, concerned, or excited. Feelings there have been running high in the wake of last week's killing. Synonyms: be intense, be strong, be passionate, be vehement 52. in the long run phrase B2 If you talk about what will happen in the long run, you are saying what you think will happen over a long period of time in the future. If you talk about what will happen in the short run, you are saying what you think will happen in the near future. Sometimes expensive drugs or other treatments can be economical in the long run. In fact, things could get worse in the short run. Synonyms: in the end, eventually, in time, ultimately 53. run a mile phrase If you say that someone would run a mile when faced with a particular situation, you mean that they would be very frightened or unwilling to deal with it. [informal] If anybody had told me that I was going to have seven children, I would have run a mile. I'm very squeamish and when I see needles I run a mile. 54. to give someone a run for their money phrase If you say that someone could give someone else a run for their money, you mean you think they are almost as good as the other person. If he's my chief opposition, I can give him a run for his money. 55. on the run phrase If someone is on the run, they are trying to escape or hide from someone such as the police or an enemy. Fifteen-year-old Danny is on the run from a local authority home. 56. on the run phrase If someone is on the run, they are being severely defeated in a contest or competition. His opponents believe he is definitely on the run. I knew I had him on the run. Synonyms: in retreat, defeated, fleeing, retreating 57. be running scared phrase If you say that a person or group is running scared, you mean that they are frightened of what someone might do to them or what might happen. The administration is running scared. 58. run short/run low phrase B2 If you are running short of something or running low on something, you do not have much of it left. If a supply of something is running short or running low, there is not much of it left. Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel. We are running low on drinking water. Time is running short. 59. to run amok phrase If a person or animal runs amok, they behave in a violent and uncontrolled way. There is a lack of respect for authority in some schools with kids running amok. Synonyms: go wild, turn violent, go berserk, lose control 60. to make your blood run cold phrase If you say that something makes your blood run cold or makes your blood freeze, you mean that it makes you feel very frightened. [emphasis] The rage in his eyes made her blood run cold. He could hear a sudden roaring. His blood froze. 61. to run counter to something phrase If one thing runs counter to another, or if one thing is counter to another, the first thing is the opposite of the second thing or conflicts with it. [formal] Much of the plan runs counter to European agriculture and environmental policy. The finding ran counter to all expectations. We do not tolerate any behaviour that is counter to our core value of integrity. 62. to run its course phrase If something runs its course or takes its course, it develops naturally and comes to a natural end. Over 20,000 cows died before the epidemic ran its course. As for the imprisoned leaders, he asserted that justice would have to take its course. 63. to cut and run phrase [Vs inflect] If someone cuts and runs in a difficult situation, they try to escape from it quickly and gain an advantage for themselves, rather than deal with the situation in a responsible way. [informal, disapproval] ...his cowardly decision to cut and run. 64. to run deep phrase If you say that something goes deep or runs deep, you mean that it is very serious or strong and is hard to change. His anger and anguish clearly went deep. The problems went deeper than mere teething difficulties. 65. to run someone to earth phrase [VERB inflects] If you run someone or something to earth, you find them after searching for them for a long time. [mainly British] She ran him to earth in the pub at five to one. 66. to run an errand phrase If you run an errand for someone, you do or get something for them, usually by making a short trip somewhere. She was forever running errands for her housebound grandmother. Frank drifted into running dodgy errands for a seedy local villain. 67. to run the gamut of something phrase To run the gamut of something means to include, express, or experience all the different things of that kind, or a wide variety of them. The show runs the gamut of 20th century design. The reviews for the film ran the gamut from contempt to qualified rapture. 68. to run the gauntlet phrase If you run the gauntlet, you go through an unpleasant experience in which a lot of people criticize or attack you. The trucks tried to drive to the British base, running the gauntlet of marauding bands of gunmen. [+ of] 69. to run rings around someone phrase If you say that someone runs rings round you or runs rings around you, you mean that they are a lot better or a lot more successful than you at a particular activity. [informal] Mentally, he can still run rings round men half his age! 70. to run riot phrase If people run riot, they behave in a wild and uncontrolled manner. Rampaging prisoners ran riot through the jail. Synonyms: rampage, go wild, be out of control, raise hell 71. to run a risk phrase If you run the risk of doing or experiencing something undesirable, you do something knowing that the undesirable thing might happen as a result. The officers had run the risk of being dismissed. I knew I was running a great many risks. 72. to run to seed phrase If vegetable plants go to seed or run to seed, they produce flowers and seeds as well as leaves. If unused, winter radishes run to seed in spring. 73. to run wild phrase If something or someone, especially a child, runs wild, they behave in a natural, free, or uncontrolled way. Everything that could grow was running wild for lack of attention. Molly has let that girl run wild. Phrasal verbs: run across phrasal verb B2 If you run across someone or something, you meet them or find them unexpectedly. We ran across some old friends in the village. [VERB PARTICLE noun] run after phrasal verb If you are running after someone, you are trying to start a relationship with them, usually a sexual relationship. [disapproval] He ran after the thug to confront him but then decided to walk away. run along phrasal verb [usually imper] If you tell a child to run along, you mean that you want them to go away. [informal] Run along now and play for a bit. run around phrasal verb B2 If you run around, you go to a lot of places and do a lot of things, often in a rushed or disorganized way. No one noticed we had been running around emptying bins and cleaning up. [VERB PARTICLE] I spend all day running around after the family. [V P + after] Jackie was running around with all these brilliant people. [V P after/with n] I will not have you running around the countryside without my authority. [VERB PARTICLE noun] run away 1. phrasal verb B1 If you run away from a place, you leave it because you are unhappy there. I ran away from home when I was sixteen. [VERB PARTICLE + from] After his beating Colin ran away and hasn't been heard of since. [VERB PARTICLE] Three years ago I ran away to Mexico to live with a circus. [VERB PARTICLE + to] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you run away with someone, you secretly go away with them in order to live with them or marry them. She ran away with a man called McTavish last year. [VERB PARTICLE + with] He and I were always planning to run away together. [V P together] 3. phrasal verb B2 If you run away from something unpleasant or new, you try to avoid dealing with it or thinking about it. They run away from the problem, hoping it will disappear of its own accord. [VERB PARTICLE + from] You can't run away for ever. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. See also runaway run away with 1. phrasal verb If you let your imagination or your emotions run away with you, you fail to control them and cannot think sensibly. You're letting your imagination run away with you. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] Radford sometimes allows his enthusiasm to run away with him. [V P P pron] 2. phrasal verb If someone runs away with a competition, race, or prize, they win it easily. The Spanish contestant ran away with the women's gold medal. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If you run away with a particular idea, you accept it without thinking about it carefully, even though it is wrong. It's very easy for us to run away with the idea that we can control everything. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] run by phrasal verb If you run something by someone, you tell them about it or mention it, to see if they think it is a good idea, or can understand it. I'm definitely interested, but I'll have to run it by Larry Estes. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] Run that by me again. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] run down 1. phrasal verb If you run people or things down, you criticize them strongly. He last night denounced the British 'genius for running ourselves down'. [VERB noun PARTICLE] ...that chap who was running down state schools. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If people run down an industry or an organization, they deliberately reduce its size or the amount of work that it does. [mainly British] The government is cynically running down the welfare system. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The property business could be sold or run down. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. phrasal verb If someone runs down an amount of something, they reduce it or allow it to decrease. [mainly British] But the survey also revealed firms were running down stocks instead of making new products. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Its $25m reserve fund had been run down to around $8m. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 4. phrasal verb B2 If a vehicle or its driver runs someone down, the vehicle hits them and injures them. He claimed that the motorcycle driver was trying to run him down. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb If a machine or device runs down, it gradually loses power or works more slowly. The batteries are running down. [VERB PARTICLE] 6. See also run-down run in phrasal verb To run someone in means to arrest them or to take them to the police. [informal] Kenworthy had run him in on a petty charge. [VERB noun PARTICLE] run into 1. phrasal verb B2 If you run into problems or difficulties, you unexpectedly begin to experience them. They agreed to sell last year after they ran into financial problems. [VERB PARTICLE noun] But the government's plans have run into strong opposition from civil rights campaigners. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. phrasal verb If you run into someone, you meet them unexpectedly. He ran into Krettner in the corridor a few minutes later. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb B2 If a vehicle or its driver runs into something, it accidentally hits it. The driver failed to negotiate a bend and ran into a tree. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 4. phrasal verb You use run into when indicating that the cost or amount of something is very great. He said companies should face punitive civil penalties running into millions of pounds. [V P amount] run off 1. phrasal verb B2 If you run off with someone, you secretly go away with them in order to live with them or marry them. The last thing I'm going to do is run off with somebody's husband. [VERB PARTICLE + with] We could run off together, but neither of us wants to live the rest of our lives abroad. [V P together] 2. phrasal verb If you run off copies of a piece of writing, you produce them using a machine. If you want to run off a copy sometime today, you're welcome to. [VERB PARTICLE noun] run out 1. phrasal verb B1 If you run out of something, you have no more of it left. They have run out of ideas. [VERB PARTICLE + of] We're running out of time. [V P of n] By now the plane was running out of fuel. [V P of n] We had lots before but now we've run out. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. to run out of steam 3. phrasal verb B1 If something runs out, it becomes used up so that there is no more left. Conditions are getting worse and supplies are running out. [VERB PARTICLE] Time is running out. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. phrasal verb B2 When a legal document runs out, it stops being valid. When the lease ran out the family moved to Campigny. [VERB PARTICLE] ...the day my visa ran out. [VERB PARTICLE] run out on phrasal verb If someone runs out on you, they go away and abandon you, leaving you with problems. You can't run out on me like that. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] run over phrasal verb B2 If a vehicle or its driver runs a person or animal over, it knocks them down or drives over them. You can always run him over and make it look like an accident. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He ran over a six-year-old child as he was driving back from a party. [VERB PARTICLE noun] ...if I were ever run over by a bus. [VERB PARTICLE noun] run past phrasal verb To run something past someone means the same as to run it by them. Before agreeing, he ran the idea past Johnson. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] run through 1. phrasal verb If you run through a list of items, you read or mention all the items quickly. I ran through the options with him. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you run through a performance or a series of actions, you practise it. Doug stood still while I ran through the handover procedure. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. See also run-through run to 1. phrasal verb If you run to someone, you go to them for help or to tell them something. What would I do? Whom would I run to? Momma was still away. [VERB PARTICLE noun] If you were at a party and somebody was getting high, you didn't go running to a cop. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If something runs to a particular amount or size, it is that amount or size. The finished manuscript ran to the best part of fifty double-sided pages. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If you cannot run to a particular item, you cannot afford to buy it or pay for it. [mainly British] If you can't run to champagne, buy sparkling wine. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 4. phrasal verb If your tastes or interests run to a particular type of thing, that is the type of thing you like. My own tastes run to a comfortable apartment, somewhere high in a modern building. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] run up 1. phrasal verb If someone runs up bills or debts, they acquire them by buying a lot of things or borrowing money. He ran up a £1,400 bill at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Many ran up huge debts as they spent millions to buy foreign players.. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. See also run-up run up against phrasal verb If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them. I ran up against the problem of getting taken seriously long before I became a writer. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] He ran up against a solid wall of opposition to his proposals. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] Quotations: He who fights and runs away May live to fight another dayThe Art of Poetry on a New Plan Idioms: hit a home run [US] to do something that is very successful Bartlett Giamatti hits a home run here with his memoir of encounters with W.H. Auden over many years. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run with the hare and hunt with the hounds [British] to try to support both sides in an argument or conflict, in order to make your own life easier They learn very quickly to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds; to side with whoever is nearest in a relentless quest to avoid rows. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run something into the ground to use something continuously without repairing or replacing it, so that eventually it is destroyed or useless They're quite good bikes; you can run them into the ground for quite a long time, then just get a new one. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run someone to ground [British] to find someone after a long search Truman eventually ran him to ground, asleep and rather the worse for wear in a hotel. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run someone into the ground to make someone work so hard and continuously at something that they become exhausted Well-trained horses had been starved to death or run into the ground. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run the gauntlet to have to go through a place where people are trying to harm or humiliate you, for example by attacking you or shouting insults at you Borders are sealed and aid workers must run the gauntlet of checkpoints controlled by warlords. to suffer bad treatment from people because of something you are trying to achieve Teachers run the gauntlet of low-level disruption on a daily basis. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run out of gas [mainly US] to suddenly feel very tired or lose interest in what you are doing Miller, who missed second place by four seconds, said she `ran out of gas' close to the finish. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run something up the flagpole to suggest a new idea to people in order to find out what they think of it The President should consider running the capital-gains cut back up the flagpole. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run on empty to no longer be as exciting or successful as you once were because you have run out of new ideas or resources The band's 2008 appearance is widely agreed to be their finest two hours. Certainly, events after this suggest a band running on empty. to feel tired, confused, and unable to think or work properly because you have not eaten for a long time If you don't feed your body daily nutrients, you are running on empty – something you can only do for a short time. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run someone to earth [British] to find someone after a long search Olivia is finally run to earth in a Lapland outpost specialising in wilderness trips for tourists. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run deep if a feeling or a problem runs deep, it is very serious or strong, often because it has existed for a long time My allegiance to Kendall and his company ran deep. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers cut and run to escape from a difficult situation quickly, rather than dealing with it in a responsible way He had an unfortunate tendency to cut and run when things didn't go his way. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run its course or take its course to develop gradually and come to a natural end The real recovery for the auto industry won't come until the recession runs its course. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run round in circles [British] to have very little success in achieving something in spite of trying hard, because you are disorganized. In American English, you say that someone is running around in circles. She wastes a lot of energy running round in circles, whereas more careful planning could save a lot of effort and achieve a great deal. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers make your blood run cold [literary] to frighten or shock you very much It makes my blood run cold to think what this poor, helpless child must have gone through. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers take the ball and run with it to take an idea or plan that someone else has started and develop it in order to see if it will be successful or useful It's up to him. If he studies, fine. If not, there's nothing we can do. He's the one who has to take the ball and run with it. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run someone ragged to make someone do so much that they get extremely tired He tends to produce his best football before half-time, though often coming back to run defenders ragged in the closing minutes. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run rings round someone to be much better at a particular activity than someone else, and be able to beat or outwit them Mentally, he can still run rings round men half his age. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run riot to get out of control Parents use discipline to stop their child running riot and behaving in an unacceptable way. if something such as imagination or speculation runs riot, it expresses itself or spreads in an uncontrolled way We have no proof and when there is no proof, rumour runs riot. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a dummy run [British] a trial or test procedure which you carry out in order to see if a plan or process will work properly Before we started we did a dummy run, checking out all the streets and offices we would use, and planning our escape route. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers give someone a run for their money to put up a very strong challenge in a contest which someone else is expected to win fairly easily The British team gave the host side a run for its money to finish a close second in the team competition. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers have someone on the run to be in a stronger position than your opponent, so that you can control their actions and defeat them It is clear that the Opposition thinks it has him on the run. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run before you can walk [British] to try to do something which is very difficult or advanced before you have made sure that you can successfully achieve something simpler They tried to run before they could walk. They made it too complicated. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run a tight ship to keep firm control of the way your business or organization is run, so that it is well organized and efficient Andy, our team coach, is very organized and confident. He runs a tight ship and he does a great job. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run the show to be in control of an organization, event, or situation The fear is that you have on paper the restoration of democracy, but in reality the military still run the show. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run out of steam to become weaker or less active, and often to stop completely The US is in a triple dip of recession. The promised recovery ran out of steam, the economy is slowing sharply and consumer spending is falling. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers still waters run deep said to mean that someone who seems to be unemotional or who is hard to get to know is in fact interesting and complex He's extremely shy and withdrawn, though it may be that still waters run very deep. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run a mile [mainly British] to escape as quickly as possible He likes the ladies but he'd run a mile if one chased him. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: downhill run For the best downhill run, head to the winding downhill at the north end of the park. Times, Sunday Times It was only their third competitive downhill run together. The Sun Now it's the downhill run to the finishing line. The Sun You won't be able to take that wild slalom downhill run through a hundred other emotions. Times, Sunday Times In the afternoon there was just one downhill run. Times, Sunday Times The non-financial corporate sector has run a surplus every year since 2002, but lately that surplus has declined sharply. Times, Sunday Times The government had been told that it faced a revolt in parliament, throwing into doubt the chancellor's wish to run a surplus by 2020. Times, Sunday Times He noted that the commitment to run a surplus by 2018 had already been dropped. The Sun The company has been attempting to move to a position where it can run a surplus of about 50 million and distribute the rest as payments to shareholders. Times, Sunday Times In the last decade, from 1998 to present, the government has run a surplus every year, except for 2003 and 2004. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Most people find it easier to stick to activities like this than to lift weights or run on a treadmill. The Sun For example, if you go to the gym once a week and run on a treadmill you are involved in athletics. Times, Sunday Times I run on the treadmill, religiously, every morning, for about 30 minutes. Times, Sunday Times Why would anyone drive to a leisure centre to run on a treadmill when they have one of the most beautiful parks right outside? Times, Sunday Times I run on the treadmill while watching television. Times, Sunday Times The number of permutations means that the installation of the application will not always run smoothly, particularly for those who use the short code number. Times, Sunday Times (2006) This quivering, shrieking wreck bore little resemblance to the cool coordinator who kept the place running smoothly. DEATH IN FASHION (2002) This is a new four-part documentary about the folk who try to keep the M6 running smoothly. Times, Sunday Times (2014) And much praise has been lavished on the volunteers and service personnel who kept things running smoothly. The Sun (2012) Perhaps his priority should be building new roads and repairing motorway potholes to really get the wheels of industry running smoothly. The Sun (2011) Cloud systems run software and store information in remote data centres accessed via the internet. Times, Sunday Times They also enable computers to run software more quickly. Times, Sunday Times Little pictures, which he called 'icons', were used to run software. Times, Sunday Times A server could run software to capture the information of all the stock with just a scan of the barcodes. Times, Sunday Times This allows it to run software written for a logically flat 32-bit address space, while accessing only a 24-bit physical address space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He decided he could cut off his arm, run upstairs and put it in the fridge so that it could be reattached at the hospital. Times, Sunday Times They hid behind the reception desk then followed instructions of staff to run upstairs with a group of people and into their room. Times, Sunday Times Run upstairs fast (walk down) as many times as you can in 5 min. Times, Sunday Times I get home and start to make dinner but get another flush and run upstairs to put my head under the cold tap. The Sun The day we moved in, the first thing he did was run upstairs to see it. Times, Sunday Times In baseball, hitters proceed through seven stations to score a run. Christianity Today You, the cyclist, are batting, and you score a run for every pedestrian you overtake. Times, Sunday Times It was hard to see how he would score a run and precious few of them did he obtain. Times, Sunday Times Remarkably he did not score a run between cover and wide mid-on, an arc spanning one-third of the field. Times, Sunday Times Especially now he can't score a run. Times, Sunday Times He keeps fit by doing exhausting shuttle run bleep tests. The Sun He also suggested that the annual fitness test, in which officers are required to complete a shuttle run at a basic level, should be upgraded. Times, Sunday Times Police fitness tests, in which officers must complete a 15-metre shuttle run, were made compulsory in 2015. Times, Sunday Times Following every afternoon practice, each athlete completed a shuttle run to fatigue. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Standard drills include the 40-yard dash, shuttle run, bench press and vertical leap. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A wild stream runs through the northern section, bordered by ferns, water plantains and brook lime. Times, Sunday Times Its fast-flowing stream runs yellow, dark green and at times red. Times, Sunday Times It has the use of a private jetty and a stream runs through the garden. Times, Sunday Times And when the jet stream runs fast and straight, the weather turns very wet and windy. Times, Sunday Times These nests are called redds, and are placed where the stream runs quick and shallow: eggs require plenty of oxygen and a low temperature to hatch. Times,Sunday Times Once condemned as too small, he has already stood tall in a number of successful run chases. Times, Sunday Times The statisticians will trot out the necessaries - that this was the highest successful run chase on the sub-continent and the fourth highest in history. Times, Sunday Times Looks a natural at this level and surely set for a long, successful run in the side. The Sun But his innings of 85 not out was the biggest single factor in his team's successful run chase. The Sun If all goes according to plan, he will go from 0-1,000mph in 55 seconds and the successful run will be just 120 seconds from start to finish. Times, Sunday Times He makes a noise and tears run down his face but his expression doesn't change. The Sun She pauses while tears run down her cheeks. Times, Sunday Times The tears run silently down his face. Times, Sunday Times Dent had been 0-3 this year until his title run, which brought a $138,000 payday. Globe and Mail This uniform was used in their 1983 title run. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That title run was bookended by efforts of 5th in 1952 and 6th in 1954. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They followed up the title run with two consecutive second-place finishes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His second title run lasted three years, four months, and twenty days. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He only just does enough to win so the handicapper is finding it hard to end his winning run. The Sun (2016) She has speed and stamina and seems to have improved from her last winning run. The Sun (2008) This season, he was injured in September and the team went on a winning run without him. Times, Sunday Times (2012) He is now at his peak and has matured and he is on a nice winning run. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He was coming with what looked like a winning run until the gap closed. The Sun (2016) Translations: Chinese: 跑, 跑, 跑 Japanese: 走ること, 走る, 走る |
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