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run

Definition for run

noun as in fast moving on foot

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break, race, rush, spurt

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amble, bound, canter, dart, dash, drop, escape, fall, flight, gallop, jog, lope, pace, scamper, scuttle, spring, sprint, tear, trot, whisk

noun as in journey

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drive, outing, ride, round, tour, trip

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excursion, jaunt, lift, spin, travel

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noun as in sequence, course

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round, season, series, streak, stretch, string

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bearing, chain, continuance, continuation, continuity, current, cycle, drift, duration, endurance, field, flow, line, motion, movement, passage, path, period, persistence, progress, prolongation, route, spell, stream, succession, swing, tendency, tenor, tide, trend, way

verb as in move fast on foot

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dash, fly, jog, race, rush, shoot, sprint, travel

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abscond, amble, barrel, bolt, bound, bustle, canter, career, course, dart, decamp, depart, escape, flee, flit, gallop, hasten, hie, hotfoot, hurry, hustle, lope, pace, scamper, scoot, scorch, scramble, scud, scurry, shag, skedaddle, skip, skitter, smoke, speed, spring, spurt, tear, trot, whisk

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beat it, clear out, cut and run, dog it, go like lightning, leg it, light out, make a break, make off, make tracks, take flight, take off, tear out

verb as in move rapidly, flowingly

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drop, fall, go, pass

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bleed, cascade, course, deliquesce, diffuse, discharge, dissolve, flow, flux, fuse, glide, gush, issue, leak, leap, liquefy, melt, pour, proceed, roll, sail, scud, skim, slide, spill, spin, spout, spread, stream, thaw, tumble, whirl, whiz

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go soft, turn to liquid

verb as in operate, drive

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carry, control, go, handle, manage, move, perform, use, work

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act, bear, command, convey, govern, maneuver, ply, propel, tick, transport

verb as in manage, supervise

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conduct, control, head, keep, lead, operate, own

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administer, boss, coordinate, direct, helm, ordain, oversee, regulate, superintend

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be in charge, be in driver's seat, be in saddle, carry on, head up, look after, pull the strings, ride herd on, take care of

verb as in continue, range

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cover, extend, go, go on, last, reach, stretch

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circulate, encompass, lie, persevere, proceed, spread, trail, vary

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be current, go around, move past

verb as in attempt to be elected to public office

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compete, race, stand

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challenge, contend, contest, oppose, politick, stump, whistlestop

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be a candidate, hit the campaign trail, kiss babies, ring doorbells, shake hands

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Example Sentences

The pick, unveiled Tuesday, drew immediate pushback from some influential veterans groups and current and former lawmakers, who suggested that Hegseth’s ideological leanings, rather than any demonstrated expertise, lay behind him being tapped to run the vast U.S. defense complex.

From Los Angeles Times

Gaetz, a Florida congressman who resigned from the House hours after Trump announced that he would nominate him to run the Justice Department, orchestrated McCarthy’s ouster as speaker last year.

From Los Angeles Times

These issues were part of her 2020 run for the Democratic presidential nomination - which she eventually dropped out of, endorsing Joe Biden.

From BBC

At a time when the land that racetracks sit on has become so valuable that developers are paying record sums to tear them down and build industrial parks in their place, buying a race that is run on city streets was a smart investment on a number of levels.

From Los Angeles Times

Doing so is a pragmatic as well as a moral necessity lest the voters’ patience and generosity run out.

From Los Angeles Times

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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