run along

run along

verb

Definition of RUN ALONG

intransitive verb

: to go away : be on one's way : depart

Examples of RUN ALONG

1. <I'd love to stay longer, but I must be running along.>

First Known Use of RUN ALONG

1902

Related to RUN ALONG

Synonyms: bail, bail out, begone, book [slang], bugger off [British slang], bug off, bug out, buzz (off), clear off [chiefly British], clear out, cut out, depart, dig out, exit, get, get off, go off, move, pack (up or off), part, peel off, pike (out or off), pull out, push off, push on, quit, go, sally (forth), scarper [British], shove (off), step (along), take off, vamoose, walk out

Antonyms: arrive, come, show up, turn up

Related Words: set out, start, strike out; abscond, decamp, escape, evacuate, flee, fly, get out, mizzle [chiefly British], run away, scat, scram, skip; go out, light out, step out; abandon, desert, forsake, vacate; emigrate; adjourn, remove, retire, retreat, withdraw

Near Antonyms: abide, dwell, lodge, remain, settle, stay, tarry; approach, close, near; hit, land, reach

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Rhymes with RUN ALONG

all along, before long, billabong, Chittagong, come-along, come along, cradlesong, drinking song, evensong, get along, go along, scuppernong, sing-along, siren song, string along, summerlong, tagalong, Vietcong