As the doctor completed an examination of the patient, he said:
- I can"t find a cause for your complaint. Frankly, I think it"s due to drinking.
- In that case, - said the patient, - I"ll come back when you"re sober.
—v. (-nn-; past ran; past part. Run) 1 go with quick steps, never having both or all feet on the ground at once.
- flee, abscond.
- go or travel hurriedly or briefly (i'll just run down to the shops).
- a advance by or as by rolling or on wheels, or smoothly or easily. B (cause to) be in action or operation or go in a specified way (left the engine running; ran the car into a tree).
- be current or operative (lease runs for 99 years).
- travel on its route (train is running late).
- (of a play etc.) Be staged or presented (now running at the apollo).
- extend; have a course, order, or tendency (road runs by the coast; prices are running high).
- a (often absol.) Compete in (a race). B finish a race in a specified position. 10 (often foll. By for) seek election (ran for president). 11 flow (with) or be wet; drip (with) (walls running with condensation). 12 a cause (water etc.) To flow. B fill (a bath) thus. 13 spread rapidly (ink ran over the table). 14 traverse (a course, race, or distance). 15 perform (an errand). 16 publish (an article etc.) In a newspaper etc. 17 direct or manage (a business etc.). 18 own and use (a vehicle) regularly. 19 transport in a private vehicle (ran me to the station). 20 enter (a horse etc.) For a race. 21 smuggle (guns etc.). 22 chase or hunt. 23 allow (an account) to accumulate before paying. 24 (of a dyed colour) spread from the dyed parts. 25 a (of a thought, the eye, the memory, etc.) Pass quickly (ideas ran through my mind). B pass (one's eye) quickly (ran my eye down the page). 26 (of tights etc.) Ladder. 27 (of esp. The eyes or nose) exude liquid. —n. - running.
- short excursion.
- distance travelled.
- general tendency.
- regular route.
- continuous stretch, spell, or course (run of bad luck).
- (often foll. By on) high general demand (run on the dollar).
- quantity produced at one time (print run).
- average type or class (general run of customers). 10 point scored in cricket or baseball. 11 (foll. By of) free use of or access to (run of the house). 12 a animal's regular track. B enclosure for fowls etc. C range of pasture. 13 ladder in tights etc. 14 mus. Rapid scale passage. 15 (in full the runs) colloq. Diarrhoea. on the run fleeing. Run about 1 bustle, hurry.
- (esp. Of children) play freely. Run across happen to meet or find. Run after 1 pursue at a run.
- pursue, esp. Sexually. Run along colloq. Depart. Run around 1 take from place to place by car etc.
- (often foll. By with) slang engage in esp. Promiscuous sexual relations. Run away 1 (often foll. By from) flee, abscond.
- mentally evade (a problem etc.). Run away with 1 carry off.
- win easily.
- deprive of self-control, carry away.
- consume (money etc.).
- (of a horse) bolt with (a rider etc.).
- leave home to have a relationship with (esp. Another person's husband or wife). Run down 1 knock down.
- reduce the numbers etc. Of.
- (of an unwound clock etc.) Stop.
- discover after a search.
- colloq. Disparage. Run dry 1 cease to flow.
- = run out 1. Run for it seek safety by fleeing. Run (or good run) for one's money 1 vigorous or close competition.
- some return for outlay or effort. Run the gauntlet see *gauntlet2. Run high (of feelings) be strong. Run in 1 run (an engine or vehicle) carefully when new.
- colloq. Arrest. Run in the family (of a trait) be common in a family. Run into 1 collide with.
- encounter.
- reach as many as (a usu. High figure). Run into the ground colloq.
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