run along
verb
ran along; run along; running along; runs along
: to go away : be on one's way : depart
Synonyms of run along
Examples of run along in a Sentence
I'd love to stay longer, but I must be running along.
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Alaska runs along a ridge just outside of Arches National Park, offering long-range views of the park’s towers and buttes across the Salt Valley.
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Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Mar. 2026
The parade route starts at the east end of downtown by the VTA light rail tracks and runs along Campbell Avenue to Third Street.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Gone are most of the elements of the earlier plans, among them the berms that would have run along Biscayne Boulevard creating a walled park, a closed and forbidding space in a fearful city.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
The waterway, a critical shipping route that runs along Iran’s southern border, has been severely disrupted since the start of the war, with traffic effectively coming to a halt and several ships being hit by projectiles in or near the waterway.
—Chloe Taylor,sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
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Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Mar. 2026
The parade route starts at the east end of downtown by the VTA light rail tracks and runs along Campbell Avenue to Third Street.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
Gone are most of the elements of the earlier plans, among them the berms that would have run along Biscayne Boulevard creating a walled park, a closed and forbidding space in a fearful city.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
The waterway, a critical shipping route that runs along Iran’s southern border, has been severely disrupted since the start of the war, with traffic effectively coming to a halt and several ships being hit by projectiles in or near the waterway.
—Chloe Taylor,sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Run along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20along. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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