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Synonyms & Antonyms of run
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- we ran all the way to the bus stop, but still missed the bus
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- barrel,
- belt,
- blast,
- blaze,
- blow,
- bolt,
- bomb
- [slang],
- bowl,
- breeze,
- bustle,
- buzz,
- cannonball,
- careen,
- course,
- foot (it),
- hare,
- hasten,
- hie,
- hoof (it),
- hotfoot (it),
- hump,
- hurl,
- hurry,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- jet,
- leg (it),
- pelt,
- race,
- ram,
- rip,
- rocket,
- rush,
- rustle,
- shoot,
- speed,
- tear,
- whirl,
- whisk,
- zip,
- zoom
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- rather than run from a black bear, it's better to hold your ground and make lots of noise
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- water running down the window
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- run and get the nurse
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- barrel,
- belt,
- blast,
- blaze,
- blow,
- bolt,
- bomb
- [slang],
- bowl,
- breeze,
- bundle,
- bustle,
- buzz,
- cannonball,
- careen,
- career,
- chase,
- course,
- crack (on),
- dash,
- drive,
- fly,
- hare,
- hasten,
- hie,
- highball,
- hotfoot (it),
- hump,
- hurl,
- hurry,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- jet,
- jump,
- motor,
- nip,
- pelt,
- race,
- ram,
- rip,
- rocket,
- rush,
- rustle,
- scoot,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- shoot,
- speed,
- step,
- tear,
- travel,
- trot,
- whirl,
- whisk,
- zip,
- zoom
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- the poor woman ran herself ragged trying to care for all those children
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- her makeup started to run when she got in the pool
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- learning to run the family business
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- administer,
- administrate,
- carry on,
- conduct,
- control,
- direct,
- govern,
- guide,
- handle,
- keep,
- manage,
- operate,
- overlook,
- oversee,
- preside (over),
- regulate,
- steward,
- superintend,
- supervise,
- tend
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- in olden days mills were run by flowing water
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- that sort of computer runs at least several hundred dollars
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- bring,
- cost,
- fetch,
- go (for),
- sell (for)
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- he's been running with a bad crowd lately
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- if that dog continues to run cars, he's going to get seriously hurt
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run
nounSynonyms of run (Entry 2 of 2)
- the company's stock has remained consistent with the overall run of the market
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- a run full of catfish
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- the actor has been assigned the part for the run of the show
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- gave the dogs the run of the place
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- with weekend guests in the house, it was no time to get the runs
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“Run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run. Accessed 5 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of run was before the 12th century
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