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

Inside, there’s an austere bedstead, ladder-back chairs, a cast-iron stove, and a wooden pegboard running along the walls—all sourced from a village near Albany. —Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025

Stretching from Bellingham in the north to Burlington in the south, the drive is a little over 20 miles and runs along the coast, hugging the Chuckanut Mountains’ sandstone cliffs. —Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2025

Standing on a footbridge next to Campbell Parade, the road that runs along Sydney’s Bondi Beach, the father-son duo allegedly used shotguns and rifles to indiscriminately fire on dozens of families celebrating the first night of Hanukkah. —Helen Regan, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025

Marley took a run along the Santa Cruz coast and came face-to-face with the deteriorating skeleton. —Molly McCrea, CBS News, 18 Dec. 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