run along

verb

ran along; run along; running along; runs along

intransitive verb

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

Synonyms

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

Examples of run along in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Along the journey, the train runs along the Highline, a 400-foot cliff that drops to the Animas River and the Horseshoe Curve, a turn so tight that passengers can peek out the window and watch the locomotive in action. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2024

Trinidad State Beach This beach runs along the western shore of this picturesque oceanside village, starting just north of Trinidad Head, a rocky promontory that shelters Trinidad Harbor and offers 360-degree coastal views along a 1.3-mile trail loop. —Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024

An American buffalo, or bison, was running along the road with her amniotic sac protruding from her belly. —Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 26 June 2024

By Monday morning, snow had already blanketed high-elevation parts of the area, including the 7,000-foot Lost Trail Pass, which runs along the Montana-Idaho border, according to pictures shared by the weather service on X, formerly Twitter. —Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 17 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above