Run a (red) light

Run before you can walk

Come running to

Be running scared

Run a mile

Run in the family

if something such as a quality, disease, or skill runs in the family, many people in that family have it

Diabetes appears to run in families.

37. run a temperature/fever

to have a body temperature that is higher than normal, because you are ill

informal to try very hard to avoid a particular situation or person because you do not want to deal with them

If someone asked me to marry them, I'd probably run a mile.

39. run late/early/on time

to arrive, go somewhere, or do something late, early, or at the right time

I'm running late, so I'll talk to you later. If the train runs on time, we'll be there by ten.

to feel worried because someone who you are competing against is becoming very successful or powerful

The party are running scared.

41. come running

a) informal to react in a very eager way when someone asks or tells you to do something

He thinks he's only got to look at me and I'll come running.

b) especially spoken to ask someone for help, advice, or sympathy when you have a problem

Well I warned you, so don't come running to me when it all goes wrong!

42. run your eyes over/along etc something

to look quickly at something

He ran his eyes along the books on the shelf.

to try to do something difficult before you have learned the basic skills you need

A lot of language students want to run before they can walk.

informal to drive quickly through a red traffic light instead of stopping

run across somebody/something phrasal verb

to meet someone or find something by chance

I ran across him at a conference in Milan. I ran across some old love letters while I was clearing out a cupboard.

run after somebody/something phrasal verb

1. to chase someone or something

He ran after her, calling her name.

2. informal to try to start a sexual relationship with someone

He's always running after younger women.

3. s poken to do a lot of things for someone else as though you were their servant

I can't keep running after you all day!

run along phrasal verb

used to tell a child to leave, or to tell someone that you must leave

Run along now! I've got work to finish. Oh, it's late. I'd better be running along.

run around phrasal verb

1. to run in an area while you are playing

The children were running around in the garden.

2. informal t o be very busy doing many small jobs

Maria was running around trying to get the house tidy.

ￚsee also runaround

run around after somebody phrasal verb

to do a lot of things for someone else as though you were their servant

I've spent all day running around after the kids.

run around with somebody phrasal verb

to spend a lot of time with someone, especially someone that other people disapprove of

He started running around with a gang of teenagers.

run away phrasal verb

1. to leave a place, especially secretly, in order to escape from someone or something

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