run

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noun

1 on foot

ADJECTIVE

▪ five-mile, etc.

▪ fun, sponsored (esp. BrE)

▪

The school has organized a two-mile fun run for charity.

▪ training

▪ record, record-breaking

▪

The Ethiopian is aiming to produce his second record-breaking run of the week.

VERB + RUN

▪ go for, have

▪

Let's go for a run before dinner.

▪ go on

▪

I'm going on a fun run tomorrow.

▪ break into

▪

When he saw me he broke into a run.

▪ take

▪

He took a run at the wall and just managed to clear it.

PREPOSITION

▪ at a run

▪

She took the stairs at a run.

▪ on the run

▪

The prisoners have now been on the run (= escaping by running) for three days.

▪

I usually eat breakfast on the run (= while going somewhere).

PHRASES

▪ make a run for it (= escape by running)

2 of success/failure

ADJECTIVE

▪ bad, disappointing, disastrous, dismal, poor

▪ excellent, fine, good, remarkable, successful

▪ unbeaten, winning

▪ record-breaking

VERB + RUN

▪ enjoy, have

▪

Spurs have had a winning run of ten games.

▪ begin

▪ end

▪

Manchester United have finally ended their run of victories.

RUN + VERB

▪ begin

▪ end

PREPOSITION

▪ run of

▪

a run of good/bad luck

3 of a play, film/movie, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ theatrical (AmE)

▪ long

▪ short

▪ eight-week, six-month, etc.

▪ successful

▪ sell-out

VERB + RUN

▪ have

▪

The play had a long run in the West End.

▪ begin, end

▪

They play began its run last June.

▪ extend

▪

The show has had its run extended till March.

RUN + VERB

▪ begin

▪ end

4 way things are/happen

ADJECTIVE

▪ common, general, ordinary, usual

▪

She was very different from the general run of American movie stars.

▪

In the normal run of things the only exercise he gets is climbing in and out of taxis.

PHRASES

▪ against the run of play (BrE)

▪

Villa scored in the 15th minute against the run of play (= although the other team had seemed more likely to score).

5 of product

ADJECTIVE

▪ print, production

▪

a print run of 20 000

6 in sports

ADJECTIVE

▪ home

▪ play-off, stretch (both AmE)

VERB + RUN

▪ get, hit, make, play (AmE), score

▪

They've scored another run!

▪

He's only made four home runs all season.

▪ be on, have

▪

Our team is on 90 runs.

▪ allow

RUN + NOUN

▪ defense, game, support (all AmE)

7 attempt/practice

ADJECTIVE

▪ dry, dummy, practice, trial

8 attempt to win political office

ADJECTIVE

▪ presidential

PREPOSITION

▪ run for

▪

Senator Blake's run for the presidency

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verb

1 move quickly on foot

ADVERB

▪ fast, quickly

▪

John can run very fast.

▪

She ran quickly downstairs.

▪ blindly, headlong

▪ frantically

▪ away, off, out

▪ home

▪ downstairs, upstairs

VERB + RUN

▪ begin to, start to

▪ get up and, jump up and, turn and, turn to

▪ want to

▪

He just wanted to run away and hide.

PREPOSITION

▪ down

▪

She turned and ran blindly down the street.

▪ into

▪

He ran headlong into an enemy patrol.

▪ out of

▪

He ran out of the house.

▪ to, towards/toward, up, etc.

2 manage sth

ADVERB

▪ efficiently, properly, well

▪ badly

▪

a badly run company

▪ professionally

▪ privately

▪ jointly

▪

The school is jointly run with the local parish.

▪ independently

▪

The group is run independently of college authorities.

VERB + RUN

▪ try to

▪

Stop trying to run my life for me.

▪ manage to

▪ help (to), help sb (to)

3 work

ADVERB

▪ efficiently, smoothly

▪

The engine was running very smoothly.

▪ continuously

PREPOSITION

▪ on

▪

Our car only runs on unleaded.

PHRASES

▪ be up and running

▪

We soon had the sound system up and running.

4 happen

ADVERB

▪ smoothly

▪

Things ran very smoothly for a while.

▪ concurrently, consecutively, simultaneously

▪

He was given two twelve-month sentences to run concurrently.

▪ in parallel, in tandem

▪

The two experiments run in parallel.

5 buses/trains

ADVERB

▪ regularly

▪

Local buses run regularly to and from the school.

▪ late

▪

The train was running late, as usual.

PREPOSITION

▪ between, from, to

6 (esp. AmE) be a candidate in an election

ADVERB

▪ successfully, unsuccessfully

▪

He ran unsuccessfully for the Senate in New York.

PREPOSITION

▪ for

▪

He hopes to run for president in 2016.

Run is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑application, ↑argument, ↑blood, ↑bus, ↑cable, ↑chip, ↑college, ↑colour, ↑computer, ↑course, ↑crack, ↑ditch, ↑dog, ↑electricity, ↑engine, ↑exhibit, ↑exhibition, ↑eye, ↑ferry, ↑footpath, ↑footstep, ↑generator, ↑horse, ↑hound, ↑lane, ↑lease, ↑ledge, ↑line, ↑machine, ↑magazine, ↑make-up, ↑mascara, ↑meter, ↑motor, ↑mouse, ↑murmur, ↑nerve, ↑nose, ↑path, ↑pipe, ↑power, ↑program, ↑railway, ↑reactor, ↑river, ↑road, ↑route, ↑scar, ↑sentiment, ↑servant, ↑shiver, ↑shower, ↑software, ↑spider, ↑stream, ↑street, ↑stripe, ↑system, ↑tap, ↑taste, ↑term, ↑tide, ↑trail, ↑train, ↑tram, ↑tremor, ↑trust, ↑tunnel, ↑volunteer, ↑water, ↑wire, ↑worker, ↑year

Run is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ad, ↑advert, ↑advertisement, ↑affair, ↑airline, ↑appliance, ↑application, ↑article, ↑ball, ↑bar, ↑bath, ↑blockade, ↑blog, ↑boutique, ↑brothel, ↑brush, ↑business, ↑cable, ↑cafe, ↑campaign, ↑candidate, ↑car, ↑charity, ↑check, ↑class, ↑clinic, ↑club, ↑column, ↑comb, ↑command, ↑commercial, ↑company, ↑computer, ↑contest, ↑country, ↑course, ↑crèche, ↑danger, ↑deficit, ↑department, ↑desk, ↑dishwasher, ↑division, ↑economy, ↑editorial, ↑election, ↑empire, ↑engine, ↑enterprise, ↑errand, ↑estate, ↑excerpt, ↑excursion, ↑experiment, ↑factory, ↑farm, ↑feature, ↑festival, ↑fever, ↑finance, ↑finger, ↑fingernail, ↑firm, ↑franchise, ↑fund, ↑gamut, ↑garage, ↑government, ↑group, ↑hand, ↑headline, health service, ↑home, ↑hotel, ↑hotline, ↑household, ↑inn, ↑lap, ↑length, ↑lottery, ↑machine, ↑marathon, ↑meeting, ↑mile, ↑mill, ↑mine, ↑ministry, ↑mission, ↑museum, ↑network, ↑newspaper, ↑office, ↑operation, ↑palm, ↑pipe, ↑plant, ↑play, ↑playgroup, ↑poll, ↑practice, ↑prison, ↑program, ↑programme, ↑project, ↑racket, ↑raffle, ↑railway, ↑reactor, ↑relay, ↑restaurant, ↑risk, ↑scan, ↑scheme, ↑school, ↑search, ↑seminar, ↑service, ↑session, ↑shop, ↑simulation, ↑site, ↑software, ↑stall, ↑station, ↑store, ↑story, ↑surplus, ↑syndicate, ↑system, ↑tap, ↑team, ↑temperature, ↑test, ↑thing, ↑tongue, ↑train, ↑trust, ↑washing machine, ↑website, ↑wire, ↑workshop