Run (verb) meaning in English

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Definition

to run: to move quickly (on foot) (as in a race, for example) verb

This is an irregular verb:
I run / I ran / I have run

Examples

  • "Joan Wayne attempted to scare the shark by firing at its dorsal fin, then challenged the shark to a duel, running into the water with pistols drawn."
  • "Hannah : Why have you been running?"
  • "Find Bruno! Run! Run as fast as your little legs will take you! Get back to the balloon!"
  • "At 3.32pm Horatio Oléré was seen running into his laboratory."
  • "You run to the nearest drugstore and buy a bottle of TigerLily perfume."
  • "Incidentally, you might want to RUN!"
  • "Park Ranger : Yes, quite. I've been running."
  • "Horatio grabbed me and started running, but then... something terrible happened to him.."
  • "Brian : Well, when the ladies discovered we were escaping, Horatio and I ran as fast as we could."
  • "I can't run, let alone swim in the ocean!"
  • "Brian : Horatio grabbed me and started running, but then something terrible happened to him. He ran into a tree!"
  • "Rupert : Well, if the fox hasn't had a heart attack from running, then it is usually eaten alive by the dogs."

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