run along

verb

ran along; run along; running along; runs along

intransitive verb

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

Synonyms

• move
• exit
• depart
• get
• go
• walk out
• pull out
• get off
• peel off
• push off
• cut out
• take a walk
• dig out
• bail out
• go off
• push on
• step (along)
• clear out
• escape
• start
• evacuate
• take off
• clear off [chiefly British]
• part
• 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 former site of the 1980 Winter Olympics, its main street runs along Mirror Lake while offering a soft grade to the street. —Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 July 2025

Bespoke modular presentation tables, adjustable to one’s height, run along the boutique’s center while the floor offers textured surfaces for wheel testing. —Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 21 July 2025

Little River Neighborhood Named for the river running along its northern edge, this up-and-coming Miami neighborhood just north of Wynwood and Little Haiti is a local favorite for its lack of pretensions and welcoming independent bars and restaurants. —AFAR Media, 11 July 2025

Prosecutors said Ibarra saw Riley running along popular trails on UGA's campus just after 9 a.m. and attacked her, dragged her 64 feet into a wooded area and beat her head with a rock repeatedly, killing her. —Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 8 July 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