run around the bases, in baseball
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

run bases

a run that is the result of the batter's performance
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

rbi

run batted in

sample sentences

"he had more than 100 rbi last season"

pass by while running
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

run by

sample sentences

"We watched children were running by"

use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
<verb.body>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

conk out

peter out

poop out

run down

run out

sample sentences

"At the end of the march, I pooped out"

injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
<verb.body>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

run down

run over

move downward
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

run down

sample sentences

"The water ran down"

trace
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

check out

run down

sample sentences

"We are running down a few tips"

examine hastily
<verb.perception>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

glance over

rake

run down

scan

skim

sample sentences

"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

pursue until captured
<verb.motion>

run down

sample sentences

"They ran down the fugitive"

deplete
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

exhaust

play out

run down

sap

tire

sample sentences

"exhaust one's savings"
"We quickly played out our strength"

become empty of water
<verb.weather>

dry out

run dry

sample sentences

"The river runs dry in the summer"

extend or continue for a certain period of time
<verb.stative>

run

run for

sample sentences

"The film runs 5 hours"

be beset by
<verb.stative>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4

encounter

run into

sample sentences

"The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

hit against; come into sudden contact with
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 39 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

collide with

hit

impinge on

run into

strike

sample sentences

"The car hit a tree"
"He struck the table with his elbow"

collide violently with an obstacle
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bump into

butt against

jar against

knock against

run into

sample sentences

"I ran into the telephone pole"

come together
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 95 freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 27 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 2

come across

encounter

meet

run across

run into

see

sample sentences

"I'll probably see you at the meeting"
"How nice to see you again!"

to be spent or finished
<verb.consumption>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

go

run low

run short

sample sentences

"The money had gone after a few days"
"Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

abscond

absquatulate

bolt

decamp

go off

make off

run off

sample sentences

"The thief made off with our silver"
"the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

chase away

dispel

drive away

drive off

drive out

run off

turn back

sample sentences

"Drive away potential burglars"
"drive away bad thoughts"
"dispel doubts"
"The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

beetle off

bolt

bolt out

run off

run out

sample sentences

"The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"
"When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff
<verb.competition>

run off

reproduce by xerography
<verb.creation>

photocopy

run off

xerox

run off as waste
<verb.motion>

run off

waste

sample sentences

"The water wastes back into the ocean"

run away secretly with one's beloved
<verb.motion>

elope

run off

sample sentences

"The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"

talk or narrate at length
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

run on

continue uninterrupted
<verb.stative>

keep going

run on

sample sentences

"The disease will run on unchecked"
"The party kept going until 4 A.M."

become used up; be exhausted
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

run out

sample sentences

"Our supplies finally ran out"

leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

beetle off

bolt

bolt out

run off

run out

sample sentences

"The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"
"When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

flow off gradually
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

drain

run out

sample sentences

"The rain water drains into this big vat"

lose validity
<verb.stative>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

expire

run out

sample sentences

"My passports expired last month"

use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
<verb.body>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

conk out

peter out

poop out

run down

run out

sample sentences

"At the end of the march, I pooped out"

prove insufficient
<verb.change>

fail

give out

run out

sample sentences

"The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"

exhaust the supply of
<verb.change>

run out

sample sentences

"We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"

flow, run or fall out and become lost
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

run out

spill

sample sentences

"The milk spilled across the floor"
"The wine spilled onto the table"

injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
<verb.body>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

run down

run over

flow or run over (a limit or brim)
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

brim over

overflow

overrun

run over

well over

treat inconsiderately or harshly
<verb.social>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ride roughshod

run roughshod

to be spent or finished
<verb.consumption>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

go

run low

run short

sample sentences

"The money had gone after a few days"
"Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"

apply thoroughly; think through
<verb.consumption>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

go through

run through

work through

sample sentences

"We worked through an example"

use up (resources or materials)
<verb.consumption>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

consume

deplete

eat

eat up

exhaust

run through

use up

wipe out

sample sentences

"this car consumes a lot of gas"
"We exhausted our savings"
"They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

pile up (debts or scores)
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

run up

fasten by sewing; do needlework
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

run up

sew

sew together

stitch

raise
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

hoist

run up

sample sentences

"hoist the flags"
"hoist a sail"

make by sewing together quickly
<verb.creation>

run up

sample sentences

"run up a skirt"

accumulate as a debt
<verb.possession>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

chalk up

run up

sample sentences

"he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"

having the spring unwound
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

run-down

sample sentences

"a run-down watch"

worn and broken down by hard use
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

creaky

decrepit

derelict

flea-bitten

run-down

woebegone

sample sentences

"a creaky shack"
"a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"
"a flea-bitten sofa"
"a run-down neighborhood"
"a woebegone old shack"

an angry dispute
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

dustup

quarrel

row

run-in

words

wrangle

sample sentences

"they had a quarrel"
"they had words"

not special in any way; lacking distinction
<adj.all>

mine run

run-of-the-mill

run-of-the-mine

undistinguished

unexceptional

sample sentences

"run-of-the-mill boxing"
"your run-of-the-mine college graduate"
"a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career"

not special in any way; lacking distinction
<adj.all>

mine run

run-of-the-mill

run-of-the-mine

undistinguished

unexceptional

sample sentences

"run-of-the-mill boxing"
"your run-of-the-mine college graduate"
"a unexceptional an incident as can be found in a lawyer's career"

(verse) without a rhetorical pause between lines
<adj.all>

run-on

an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction
<noun.communication>

run-on sentence

(of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders
<adj.all>

ladder-proof

run-resistant

runproof

an uninterrupted rehearsal
<noun.act>

run-through

(computer science) the length of time it takes to execute a software program
<noun.time>

run-time

the time at which a (software or multimedia) program is run
<noun.time>

run-time

an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time
<noun.event>

run-time error

runtime error

semantic error

the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed
<noun.act>

run-up

a substantial increase over a relatively short period of time
<noun.event>

run-up

runup

sample sentences

"a runup in interest rates"
"market runups are followed by corrections"

an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat
<noun.artifact>

roadster

runabout

two-seater

completely out of control
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

runaway

sample sentences

"runaway inflation"

an easy victory
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

blowout

laugher

romp

runaway

shoo-in

walkaway

someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

fleer

fugitive

runaway

sample sentences

"fugitives from the sweatshops"