run
run
1. verb, informal To leave or depart, especially very quickly or suddenly. Sorry, I've got to run. I'll call you tomorrow to go over the project in greater detail. A: "Do you want another drink?" B: "No, I'd better run. I have an early start tomorrow."
2. noun, slang A period of frequent and extended use of a particular drug; a drug binge. Usually used in combinations. It turns out he had been on a cocaine run for nearly three months straight, and he had spent almost all of their savings during that time. I nearly died on that last heroin run. This time, I'm doing whatever it takes to get clean.
run its course
To progress along something's natural course and conclude at its normal pace. (Used especially in reference to illness and disease.) Unfortunately, there's no treatment for this kind of infection. You just have to let it run its course. Don't stress about Susan's new boyfriend. I'm sure it's just a summer thing—it will run its course before she goes back to school. The president said he would rather let the economy run its course than try to manipulate it with a stimulus package.
See also: course, run
the runs
slang A case of diarrhea. I get the runs when I drink too much coffee, so I tend to avoid it altogether. Something I ate has been giving me the runs all day.
See also: run
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
run
1. n. a session or period of time spent doing something; a period of time when something happens. The market had a good run today.
2. tv. to transport contraband, alcohol, or drugs. Harry the Horse used to run booze during prohibition.
3. n. an act of transporting contraband. Four soldiers were killed during a run.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
run
/take its course To follow its natural progression or development: Should we let the illness run its course?
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- (all) great minds run in the same channel
- (it's) time to run
- (I've) got to run
- (one) has to run along
- (one's) blood runs cold
- (one's) race is run
- (one's) writ runs
- a chill runs/goes down (one's) spine
- a chill runs/goes down somebody's spine
- a close-run thing
- a dry run
- a dummy run
- a run for money
- a run for your money
- a run of (good) luck
- a run of bad luck
- a run on (something)
- a shiver runs/goes down (one's) spine
- a shiver runs/goes down somebody's spine
- a trial run
- after
- against
- against the grain
- against the run of play
- an end run
- at a good clip
- at full blast
- bat in (one or more runs)
- be on the run
- be run off (one's) feet
- be run off your feet
- be run ragged
- be rushed off (one's) feet
- be short of (something)
- be/get run/rushed off your feet
- be/run low
- be/run short of something
- beat one's head against the wall
- Blood is thicker than water
- blood runs thicker than water
- bump into
- by the book
- cast an/(one's) eye over (something)
- cast/run an eye/your eyes over something
- come across
- couldn't run a bath
- course of true love never did run smooth
- cut and run
- cut and run, to
- drive (oneself) into the ground
- drive (something) into the ground
- drive/run/work yourself into the ground
- dry run
- dummy run
- eat and run
- end run
- enjoy a long run
- fall foul of
- get into debt
- get run off (one's) feet
- get rushed off (one's) feet
- get the run of (some place)
- get/run into debt
- give (one) a run for (one's) money
- give (someone or something) the run of (some place)
- give somebody/get/have the run of something
- give someone a run for their money
- give someone or something a run for their money
- go around
- go like the wind
- Go on
- go to seed
- go, run, etc. like the wind
- go/run deep
- go/run like clockwork
- go/run to seed
- go/run to waste
- got to run
- great minds run in the same channel, all
- hate to eat and run
- have (one) on the run
- have (one's) luck run out
- have a good run
- have a good run for (one's) money
- have a run for your money
- have a run of
- have a run of (something)
- have a run-in
- have a run-in with (someone)
- have a run-in with somebody
- have a run-in with someone/something
- have luck run out
- have someone on the run
- have the run of (some place)
- have the runs
- have to run along
- have/run a temperature
- he who fights and runs away may live to fight another day
- He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
- head for the hills
- hit a home run
- hit-and-run
- hold with the hare and run with the hounds
- home run
- I hate to eat and run
- if you run after two hares, you will catch neither
- in the long run
- in the short run
- like a chicken with its head cut off, (run about)
- like clockwork
- like stink
- like the wind
- like the wind, go/run
- long run
- long-run
- make (one's) blood run cold
- make a break for
- make a run at (something)
- make a run for (someone or something)
- make a run for it
- make blood run cold
- make one's blood run cold
- make somebody's blood run cold
- make your blood run cold
- off someone's feet
- on the run
- out of patience
- over the long haul
- pick up the ball and run with it
- rat run
- ride roughshod over
- rise over run
- run
- run (a)round in circles
- run (one) into (some place)
- run (one) off (one's) feet
- run (one) through
- run (one's) feet off
- run (one's) fingers through (one's) hair
- run (one's) hand through (one's) hair
- run (one's) head against a brick wall
- run (one's) mouth
- run (one's) own show
- run (oneself or someone) ragged
- run (oneself or something) into the ground
- run (someone or something) close
- run (someone or something) to earth
- run (someone or something) to ground
- run (something) by (one)
- run (something) by (one) again
- run (something) by (one) one more time
- run (something) into (something)
- run (something) past (one)
- run (something) up the flagpole
- run (up) a tab
- run a brush through (one's) hair
- run a comb through
- run a comb through (one's) hair
- run a fever
- run a fever and run a temperature
- run a make on
- run a make on (someone or something)
- run a make on someone
- run a mile
- run a red light
- run a risk
- run a tab
- run a taut ship
- run a temperature
- run a tight ship
- run a tight ship, to
- run about
- run about like a headless chicken
- run across
- run adrift
- run afoul of
- run afoul of (someone or something)
- run after
- run after (someone or something)
- run against
- run against (someone or something)
- run aground
- run ahead
- run along
- run amok
- run amok, to
- run amuck
- run an errand
- run an/(one's) eye over (something)
- run and run
- run around
- run around after
- run around after (someone or something)
- run around in circles
- run around in circles, to
- run around like a blue-arsed fly
- run around like a chicken with its head cut off
- run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run in circles
- run around like a headless chicken
- run around with
- run around with (someone)
- run as
- run as (something)
- run as fast as (one's) legs can carry (one)
- run at
- run at (someone or something)
- run at a fast clip
- run away
- run away (from someone or something)
- run away with
- run away with (one)
- run away with (one's) tail between (one's) legs
- run away with (something)
- run away with the idea
- run away with the idea/notion
- run away with the notion
- run back
- run back (to someone or something)
- run back over
- run back to
- run before you can walk
- run behind
- run between
- run between (someone or something)
- run by
- run by (some place)
- run by someone
- run circles around
- run circles around (someone or something)
- run circles around someone
- run circles round (someone or something)
- run circles/rings around, to
- run counter to
- run counter to (someone or something)
- run deep
- run down
- run down some lines
- run down the clock
- run down to
- run down to (someone or something)
- run dry
- run eye over
- run feet off
- run fingers through hair
- run for
- run for (one's) life
- run for (one's) money
- run for (something)
- run for it
- run for life
- run for one's money, (give) a
- run for one's money, a
- run for the hills
- Run for the Roses
- run foul of
- run foul of (someone or something)
- run from
- run from (someone or something)
- run from (someone or something) to (someone or something
- run from to
- run game on (someone)
- run head against a brick wall
- run high
- run hot and cold
- run in
- run in (one's) blood
- run in circles
- run in place
- run in the blood
- run in the blood/family, to
- run in the family
- run in the/(one's) family
- run interference
- run into
- run into (someone, something, or some place)
- run into a brick wall
- run into a stone wall
- run into debt
- run into the ground
- run into the sand
- run it down
- run it down (to one)
- run it down for (one)
- run it up the flagpole (and see who salutes), let's
- run its course
- run its course, to
- run late
- run like clockwork
- run like clockwork, to
- run like the wind
- run low
- run of luck
- run of play
- run of the mill
- run off
- run off at the mouth
- run off at the mouth, to
- run off in all directions
- run off the smell of an oily rag
- run off with
- run off with (one)
- run off with (something)
- run on
- run on (something)
- run on all cylinders
- run on empty
- run on fumes
- run on the smell of an oily rag
- run one ragged
- run one’s rhymes
- run one's head against (into) a brick/stone wall, to
- run one's own show
- run onto
- run onto (something)
- run out
- run out at
- run out at (someone or something)
- run out of
- run out of (one's) skin
- run out of (something or some place)
- run out of gas
- run out of road
- run out of some place
- run out of steam
- run out of steam, to
- run out of time
- run out of town
- run out on
- run out on (someone or something)
- run out the clock
- run over
- run over to
- run over to (someone or something)
- run over with
- run over with (something)
- run past
- run past (someone or something)
- run ragged
- run rampant
- run rhymes
- run rings around
- run rings around (someone or something)
- run rings around someone
- run rings around/round somebody/something
- run rings round (someone or something)
- run rings round someone
- run riot
- run riot, to
- run roughshod over (someone or something)
- run round in circles
- run scared
- run short
- run short of (something)
- run somebody ragged
- run somebody/something close
- run somebody/something into the ground
- run somebody/something to earth/ground
- run someone close
- run someone in
- run someone or something to earth
- run someone out of town
- run someone ragged
- run someone to earth
- run someone to ground
- run something into the ground
- run something past someone
- run something up the flagpole
- Run that by again
- Run that by me again
- Run that by me one more time
- Run that by one more time
- run the clock down
- run the clock out
- run the gamut
- run the gamut of (something)
- run the gamut of something
- run the gamut, to
- run the gauntlet
- run the gauntlet of something/someone
- run the gauntlet, to
- run the good race
- run the risk
- run the risk of (something)
- run the rule over
- run the rule over (one)
- run the show
- run the show, to
- run through
- run through (one)
- run through (something)
- run to
- run to earth
- run to earth, to
- run to fat
- run to form
- run to seed
- run to seed, to
- run true to form
- run up
- run up a tab
- run up against (someone or something)
- run up on (someone or something)
- run up the flagpole
- run up to (someone, something, or some place)
- run up to some place
- run wild
- run with
- run with it
- run with scissors
- run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- run with the hare, hunt with the hounds, to
- run yourself into the ground
- run/take its course
- running smobble
- run-of-the-mill
- run-up
- rush on
- short run
- still waters run deep
- take a run at (someone)
- take a run at (something)
- take its course
- take the ball and run (with it)
- take the ball and run with it
- take the money and run
- Target run
- the common run of (something)
- the common/general run
- the course of true love never did run smooth
- the general run (of something)
- the normal run (of something)
- the runs
- the usual run (of something)
- the well has run dry
- thrust into
- tight ship
- time to run
- trial run
- turn tail and run
- up against
- walk before you can run
- we have to (learn to) walk before we (can) run
- we must (learn to) walk before we (can) run
- We must learn to walk before we can run
- we never miss the water till the well runs dry
- we never miss the water until the well runs dry
- well's run dry, the
- while two dogs are fighting for bone, a third one runs away with it
- work (oneself) into the ground
- you can run, but you can't hide
- you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
- you have to (learn to) walk before you (can) run
- you must (learn to) walk before you (can) run
- you never miss the water till the well runs dry
- you never miss the water until the well runs dry
- your writ runs
- you've got to (learn to) walk before you (can) run