run high
idiom
: to be or become very strong or intense
Emotions are running high between the two teams.
Passions often run high in these debates.
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Tensions always run high between sports fans of rival teams on game day.
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New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2025
Having a preset way to verify safety gives you something steady to rely on when emotions run high.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
Emotions can run high at big, hectic family events.
—Jennifer Moss, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
The president on Wednesday also repeated a threat from earlier this week that land strikes in Venezuela could begin soon, as tensions with President Nicolás Maduro run high.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
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New Atlas, 26 Dec. 2025
Having a preset way to verify safety gives you something steady to rely on when emotions run high.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
Emotions can run high at big, hectic family events.
—Jennifer Moss, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
The president on Wednesday also repeated a threat from earlier this week that land strikes in Venezuela could begin soon, as tensions with President Nicolás Maduro run high.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for run high
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“Run high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20high. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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