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Run across

Meet or find accidentally

“We need to RUN ACROSS what happened.”

Run after

Chase, pursue

“We'll RUN AFTER the complaint.”

Run against

Oppose, make difficulties

“She's always RUNG UP AGAINST stories.”

Run along

Go away, leave (often as an imperative)

“I suppose we should RUN ALONG before they notice we're late.”

Run around

Be very busy doing many things

“We need to RUN AROUND before someone notices.”

Run away

Escape from people, a place or a situation.

“They RUN AWAY with the crime.”

Run by

Tell someone your ideas so that they can comment

“She was RUND OFF BY by the teacher.”

Run down

Hit a pedestrian with a vehicle

“I RUN DOWN an old friend.”

Run for

Campaign for a position

“We need to RUN FOR before someone notices.”

Run in

Arrest, take to police station for questioning

“Can you RUN IN this?”

Run into

Cost

“The delays RUN INTO us weeks.”

Run off

Make photocopies

“She's always RUNG UP OFF stories.”

Run off with

Take or steal something

“Someone RUN OFF WITH my laptop.”

Run on

Be powered by

“We need to RUN ON before someone notices.”

Run out

To have none left.

“We need to RUN OUT before someone notices.”

Run out of

To have none left.

“We need to RUN OUT OF before someone notices.”

Run over

Explain quickly

“We need to RUN OVER before someone notices.”

Run past

Tell someone your ideas so that they can comment

“She was RUND OFF PAST by the teacher.”

Run through

Practise a dramatic work like a play quickly

“Let's RUN THROUGH it one more time.”

Run to

Go to someone for help

“Whenever he gets into debt, he RUNS TO his parents for help.”

Run up

Move quickly to where someone is

“We need to RUN UP.”

Run up against

Encounter problems, often unexpected

“They RAN UP AGAINST a lot of opposition to the construction.”

Run up on

Approach someone without their knowing

“We need to RUN UP ON before someone notices.”

Run with

Keep company, normally bad

“Why do you RUNE ON WITH complaining?”