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

After that, they’re called thornbacks, a thornback being a bottom-feeding skatelike fish with sharp spikes running along its spine. —David Sedaris, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

The park runs along the Los Angeles River and the 710 Freeway and contains a river parkway, walking trails, freshwater wetlands and open space for recreation. —Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Apr. 2026

In 2024, experts from the Gulf Coast Canine Project voiced concerns to the state transportation agency about ghost wolf mortality rates along FM 3005, the main road running along the coast, especially as development grows on Galveston Island. —Ashley Soebroto, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2026

Additional data, like humidity and dew point, runs along the bottom of the screen, mirroring the layout longtime viewers will recognize. —Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026

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