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run
Synonyms and Antonyms of run
1
a prevailing or general movement or inclination
2
chiefly Midland
a natural body of running water smaller than a river
3
the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress
4
the right to act or move freely
5
runs plural
abnormally frequent intestinal evacuations with more or less fluid stools
run
Synonyms and Antonyms of run
1
to go at a pace faster than a walk
bound, canter, leap, lope, shag, skip, spring
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
2
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
beat a retreat, beat it, make tracks, turn tail
3
to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction
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to occur within a continuous range of variation
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to move in a stream
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to proceed or move quickly
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
beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
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to show a liking or proneness (for something)
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to urge, push, or force onward
9
to control the mechanical operation of
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to eventually have as a state or quality
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to go from a solid to a liquid state
12
to look after and make decisions about
administer, administrate, carry on, conduct, control, direct, govern, guide, handle, keep, manage, operate, overlook, oversee, preside (over), regulate, steward, superintend, supervise, tend
watch over
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to cause to function
14
to have a price of
bring, cost, fetch, go (for), sell (for)
15
to come or be together as friends
be friends with, fall in with, keep company (with), rub elbows (with) or
rub shoulders (with)
, take up with
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to go after or on the track of
run after
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