Synonyms of run along

run along

verb

as in to move

to leave a place often for another

I'd love to stay longer, but I must be running along

Synonyms & Similar Words

• 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)
• part
• flee
• pike (out or off)
• shove (off)
• beat it
• bail
• bugger off
• fly
• quit
• pack (up or off)
• bug out
• bug off
• take a hike
• set out
• book
• take a powder
• hit the road
• buzz (off)
• strike out
• withdraw
• pull stakes
• retire
• run away
• begone
• get out
• retreat
• emigrate
• skip
• step out
• scarper
• vamoose
• go out
• light out
• remove
• abandon
• desert
• vacate
• abscond
• forsake
• scram
• adjourn
• decamp
• scat
• mizzle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• come
• show up
• arrive
• stay
• remain
• turn up
• settle
• dwell
• close
• abide
• approach
• reach
• hit
• lodge
• land
• near
• tarry

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of run along

Large windows run along the living area, looking straight out onto Lake Como and the surrounding mountains, while the interiors stay simple and modern so the scenery does most of the work. —Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 30 Mar. 2026

Alaska runs along a ridge just outside of Arches National Park, offering long-range views of the park’s towers and buttes across the Salt Valley. —Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Mar. 2026

The parade route starts at the east end of downtown by the VTA light rail tracks and runs along Campbell Avenue to Third Street. —Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026

Gone are most of the elements of the earlier plans, among them the berms that would have run along Biscayne Boulevard creating a walled park, a closed and forbidding space in a fearful city. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026