单词 | to make the running |
释义 | > as lemmasto make (all) the running PhrasesΚΠ 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 59v Well yet my minde, could neuer rest at hoem My shues wear maed, of running leather suer And boern I was, about the world to roem. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Coureur,..also, a roamer, or wanderer abroad; one whose shooes are made of running leather; one that neuer keepes at home, or where he should be. c1690 Bogg-trotters March (single sheet) in H. E. Rollins Pepys Ballads (1931) V. 197 Our Brogues they were made of running Leather. 1714 Flying Post 7–10 Aug. A pair of Shoes made of Running Leather, very proper for famous Peace-Makers. 1764 T. Bridges Homer Travestie II. v. 17 Think'st thou, I'm shod with running leather? 1832 W. Hone Year Bk. Daily Recreation 1544 This child's shoes are made of running leather. He'll run from father and mother the deuce knows whither. 1864 A. S. Bushby tr. H. C. Andersen In Spain & Visit to Portugal vi. 74 During that part of the day..people should keep themselves quiet, and not be scampering about; but our ‘shoes were made of running leather’. P2. Originally Horse Racing. to make good (also slow, strong, etc.) running: to run in a race in a way that demonstrates a particular quality; (in extended use) to proceed with a certain degree of success (as specified by the modifying adjective). ΚΠ 1800 Morning Herald 12 July He made excellent running during the late London Meeting. 1863 Jrnl. Househ. Brigade 111 The favourite, making slow running, was followed by Medusa and Annie. 1891 Belgravia Mar. 231 Have you heard that your step-son is making great running over at Noone. 1937 Glasgow Herald 28 Oct. 19/1 He made strong running for about a mile and a quarter, and then began to lose his place. 2008 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 18 Apr. After making such good running for so long, Everton are facing a fight for fifth place. P3. to make (all) the running and variants (in early use also to make running). a. Sport (originally Horse Racing). To set the pace at or from the start of a race; (hence) to take or hold the lead in (esp. the early part of) any contest; cf. also to force the running at force v.1 5a.In quot. 1864 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (intransitive)] > set speed of movement or progress to make (all) the running1824 to set the pace1891 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > race [verb (intransitive)] > in specific manner to make (all) the running1824 stay1834 sprint1841 to come with a wet sail1876 to stay the course1885 to sit in1952 1824 Bell's Life in London 18 July 231/3 Orion made all the running in the early part of the race. 1833 Q. Rev. July 397 He [sc. the jockey] is averse to making running, sometimes even to a fault. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xiii. 122 He may make the running and come in first. 1896 N. Gould Magpie Jacket xxii. 245 I do not think he would have been placed if he had not made the running. 1969 Times 10 May 6/5 Riding Pitz Palu,..he [sc. a showjumper]..made the running from start to finish. 1993 Racing Post 20 Feb. 9/4 Despite not being headed in his first three outings this time, it's a fallacy that he has to make the running. 2004 Herald Express (Torquay) 15 Sept. 71 Exeter and Coalporters made the running on the re-row with Exeter pulling out a lead of three quarters of a length by half way. b. figurative. (a) To put in the requisite effort or hard work; to exert oneself in the pursuit of some aim or reward. ΚΠ 1852 C. A. Bristed Upper Ten Thousand iii. 75 Both mothers and daughters were always ready to keep up the conversation, never leaving him to make the running, as a sporting man might phrase it. 1876 Tinsley's Mag. Mar. 358/1 I'll make my running while..she is no longer under the immediate influence of that cad's society. 1902 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Stronger than Love vi Hubert Denham was making no end of running. He was..everything to the forsaken lady. 1923 J. Galsworthy Captures 161 Dinner was certainly a disharmonic feast: little Mrs. Weymouth..and the Countess subdued, Radolin artificial, our scoundrel and myself had to make the running. 1971 Sunday Nation (Nairobi) 11 Apr. 18/1 When he begins courting, he is unsure of himself, half-frightened of the girl, so she has to make the running. 1997 J. Coe House of Sleep (1998) xi. 200 I'm not getting a lot of input from you here, if you don't mind me saying. Joe and I seem to be making all the running. (b) To be the leading party in some sphere; to lead the way in doing something. ΚΠ 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1855) II. v. 50 We fancy we've been making running, and suddenly we find ourselves nowhere. 1890 19th Cent. June 971 They never can make the running in the fierce competition of our time, and the less ambition they have the better for themselves. 1915 Gateway June 13/2 At Boulogne I made all the running; but it's not quite such plain sailing here. 1958 B. Magee Go west, Young Man 251 The Great Powers who now make the running in the world. 1974 Listener 21 Feb. 244/2 ITV first made the running in the coverage of election news. 2008 M. Sawyer Making Women Count ii. 72 The Australian Democrats were making the running on paid maternity leave. P4. Originally Horse Racing. to take up the running: to take the lead. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > advance, progress, or develop [verb (intransitive)] > lead the way to begin, lead the dancec1325 to lead (also rule) the ringa1450 to lead (bear, have) the vana1661 pioneer1780 to take up the running1825 blaze1841 to lead the way1874 the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (intransitive)] > outstrip others or take the lead to show the waya1382 to be well away1821 to take up the running1894 1825 Times 24 May 2/5 Rufus then took up the running. 1858 A. Trollope Dr. Thorne I. v. 123 But silence was not dear to the heart of the Honourable John, and so he took up the running. 1894 Times 25 May 11/1 Totley waited on his field until nearing the distance, when he took up the running and eventually won by two lengths. 1955 Economica 22 195 When the entries from Oxford fall off after 1620 it is Cambridge, and Eton, that take up the running. 1996 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) 29 Apr. 19/1 The 12–1 shot took up the running early on the final circuit. P5. running of (the) bulls: the action or an occasion of causing bulls to run, esp. (in Spain) through the streets of a town to the bullring. ΚΠ 1839 G. Dennis Summer in Andalucia II. xiii. 319 He had entirely forgotten that a ‘running of bulls’ was to be held on the following day, and that this was the encierro. 1930 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 12 Jan. 7/7 One day not even a dog barks, and the next is furious with the running of the bulls. 1960 E. Hemingway in Life 5 Sept. 85/2 That year we stayed outside of town and drove to Pamplona twenty-five miles to arrive by six-thirty each morning for the running of the bulls through the streets at seven. 1987 Rocky Mountain Rev. Lang. & Lit. 41 206 The experienced correspondent meticulously documents the madcap running of the bulls and, as the crowd swells, he is slammed against a fence, and so is physically removed from the proceedings. 2000 Hobart (Tasmania) Mercury (Nexis) 7 July 15 A young man was gored to death during a running of bulls at a festival in a small northcentral Spanish town. ΚΠ 1862 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 371 The world had esteemed him when he first made good his running with the Lady Fanny. 1871 A. Trollope Sir Harry Hotspur viii. 97 He lies as a matter of course,..thinking that it is by lies chiefly that he must make his running good. 1897 Munsey's Mag. May 206/1 They did not mean to stay much longer, and Tebaldo was doing his best to make good his running in the short time that remained. < as lemmas |
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