run along

verb

ran along; run along; running along; runs along

intransitive verb

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

Synonyms of run along

• move
• exit
• depart
• get
• go
• walk out
• pull out
• get off
• peel off
• push off
• cut out
• dig out
• bail out
• go off
• push on
• step (along)
• start
• clear out
• evacuate
• take off
• clear off
• escape
• sally (forth)

Examples of run along in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

The 12-hour journey runs along the Pacific coastline and California’s wine country before ending in the Bay Area. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Nov. 2025

The cable, a step toward improving the West African country’s broadband connectivity, will run along its borders with Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Nigeria. —Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025

Much of the new housing would also be built along the new trolley line, which runs along Clairemont’s western edge near Morena Boulevard on its way from Old Town to UC San Diego. —David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2025

The company is seeking a $6 billion federal loan as construction costs rise for Brightline West, a new rail line that would run along the highway median between Las Vegas and Southern California. —Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for run along

• evensong
• livelong
• overlong
• vietcong
• agung
• belong
• birdsong
• furlong
• headlong
• headstrong
• lifelong
• plainsong