Learn the many uses of the word ‘Run’ and its phrasal verbs.
Run after … Use 1 ..The sadhu asked the govrnment employees not to run after money and wealth through immoral means.
Use 2 .. The young man ran after the woman colleague till she gave in and agreed to marry him.
Use 3 .. Mr. Zohar Mamdani, the mayoral aspirant of New York city is now running after the black voters to sway them to vote for him in the next election.
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Run up .. Use 1… Due to poor governance, Pakistan has run up huge debts from different international agencies and banks. Now, it finds it hard to service the debt.
Use 2 .. The mother ran up three pairs of dresses overnight for her daughter leaving for the hostl next morning.
Use 3 .. President Trump had planned to evict the Palestinians from Gaza and run up huge luxury resorts there for wealthy tourists
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Run-up as noun .. In the run-up to the general elections, Prime Minister Modi made a slew of promises to the Dalit communities of the constituency.
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Run out of.. In the period between 2022-2024, Sri Lanka ran out of foreign currency as a result of which its imports slowly ground to a halt. It faced serious shortage of many basic items like wheat, edible oil, medicines etc, that it used to import to meet its domestic needs.
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The housewife had to abort her cooking dinner for the family when she ran out of cooking gas. She ordered a fresh cylinder askin for urgent delivery.
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If you don’t practice doing mathematics sums on a daily basis, you will run out of time in the examinzation and will be forced to leave out some sums.
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Run out ..
Use 1 .. I am unable to access internet now as my subscription has run out a minute ago.
Use 2 .. The young lady stole some money from her mother’s account and fled to Mumbai to make a career in Bollywood as an actor. She was under the illusion that she would soon make a breakthrough. The realities on ground were ruthless and hard. Soon her cash holding ran out.
Use 3 .. President Trump has adopted very coercive methods to run the illegal immigrants out of the United States.
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Run across.. The girl who had fled to Mumbai with some money stolen from her mother ran across a girl who, too, had come to Mumbai with similar dreams. She had bitter experience in Bollywood. Both decided to return to their families at the earliest opportuinity.
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Run over . The pedestrians screamed seeing a calf run over by a loaded truck just a few feet away from them.
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When President Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine two years ago, President Zelensky successfully resisted the attack and prevented his country from being run over by Russian troops.
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Run down …..
Use 1 .. A mentally ill driver hit the schools compound wall with deadly force and ran down two little girls playing in the school ground. The fatal attack tore the heart of most Americans.
Use 2 … After being reprimanded by the home minister, the police chief vowed that he would run down the absconding Maoist militants in a matter of days.
Use 3 .. The eyes of the auditor ran down the company’s bank statement and quickly discovered some unusual cash withdrawals.
Use 4 .. The North Koreans have run down the loud propaganda they used to propagate through loud speakers stationed very close to their border with South Korea.
Use 5.. The pro-government TV channels in India incessantly run down the opposition leaders often using obnoxious language.
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Run along.. The Aam Aadmi Party has decided to run along, severing its arrangements with the Opposition Alliance.
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When the child entered the room pf his mother doing her ‘work-from-home’ duty, he heard her shouting, “Run alog — Can’t you see Iam busy?”
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Run in ..
Use 1 .. A Tamil author lives in our colony. He often runs in for a few miutes to discuss Tamil Nadu’s politics with me.
Use 2 .. My colleague asked me to run in his findings in my report for the top management.
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Run off …
Use1 .. In the presidential election in Turkey, neither of the two contestans could score more than 50% votes. As per the country’s constitution, they had to contest a run off voting round to decide the winner for the presidency.
Use 2 .. The civil dispute had remzained hanging in the court for two decades. One claimant of the disputed property engaged a few muscle men of the area to run the rival claimant off the property.
Use 3 .. Seeing the office wall clock, the clerk ran off to the bus stand leaving his umbrella behind.
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Run away with
Run amok
Run after someone
Run into
Run aground /ashore
To give some one a run for their money
Dry run
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Run afoul of
In the short run