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

About 20% of the oil that the world consumes every day travels via the Strait of Hormuz, which runs along part of Iran’s coast. —Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2026

And a digital display runs along the base of the windshield, with additional displays for everything from audio tracks to navigation routes. —Marty Padgett, The Drive, 18 Mar. 2026

Most of the work would have run along 73rd Avenue between MacArthur Boulevard and International Boulevard, converting the existing median into a path. —Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026

Witnesses saw the dog, a small black Shih Tzu mix, running along the tracks Sunday evening before getting stuck on top of one of the support pillars. —Terra Sullivan, CBS News, 16 Mar. 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