run

run: 1. n. a session or period of time spent doing something; a period of time when something happens.

□ The market had a good run today.

□ We all have enjoyed a good run of luck.

□ Bart takes amphetamines and was on a run all week.

□ A run like that can kill.

2. tv. to transport contraband, alcohol, or drugs.

□ Max used to run booze during prohibition.

□ The soldiers were caught running guns.

3. n. an act of transporting contraband.

□ Four soldiers were killed during a run.

□ In their final run the cocaine smugglers made over four million dollars.

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Synonyms:

Race, step quickly, move swiftly, Pierce, stab, Running / Steal away, depart privately, Pursue in thought, carry in contemplation, trace by reflection / Determine, mark out / Pursue, follow, perform, take / Pour forth, emit, let flow, discharge / Cause to ply, maintain / Haste, hasten, hie, hurry, scud, scamper, scour, speed, post, trip, Push, thrust, put with force, Current, progress, course, flow, passage, motion / Flow, glide, move, go proceed, stream, roll on, move on, Force, drive, Continued course, continued success, currency, popularity / Fuse, melt, become fluid, be fusible, Fuse, melt, Trip, excursion, journey / Pass, proceed, advance, elapse, vanish, Make, force, bring, Clamor, outcry, protest, popular censure / Spread, extend, Shape, form, mould, cast, Pressure, demand, urgent application / Continue, proceed, go, pass, press, Incur, be liable to, fall into, be exposed to, encounter, Generality, people or things as they are, people or things of average quality / Tend, incline, make transition, Venture, hazard, risk, Brook, streamlet, runlet, runnel, rivulet, rill, small stream, burn / Extend, stretch, lie, Break through, evade, smuggle

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Run — Run, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Run — Run, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Run — Run, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
run — ► VERB (running; past ran; past part. run) 1) move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all feet on the ground at the same time. 2) move about in a hurried and hectic way. 3) pass or cause to pass: Helen ran her fingers through her … English terms dictionary
run — [run] vi. ran or Dial. run, run, running [altered (with vowel prob. infl. by pp.) < ME rinnen, rennen < ON & OE: ON rinna, to flow, run, renna, to cause to run (< Gmc * rannjan); OE rinnan, iornan: both < Gmc * renwo < IE base * er … English World dictionary
Run — or runs may refer to: Computers* Execution (computers), meaning to begin operation of a computer program ** Run command, a command used to execute a program in Microsoft Windows * RUN (magazine) , a computer magazine of the 1980s * A sequence of… … Wikipedia
Run — «Run» Сингл Snow Patrol из альбома Final Straw Выпущен 26 января 2004 Формат 10 ; E CD; 7 … Википедия
Run — Run, v. t. 1. To cause to run (in the various senses of {Run}, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block. [1913 Webster] 2. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. [1913 Webster] To run… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Run — Run, n. 1. The act of running; as, a long run; a good run; a quick run; to go on the run. [1913 Webster] 2. A small stream; a brook; a creek. [1913 Webster] 3. That which runs or flows in the course of a certain operation, or during a certain… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Run D.M.C. — Run D.M.C. (oder Run DMC) war eine US amerikanische Hip Hop Band. Run DMC Gründung 1982 Auflösung 2002 Genre Hip Hop/Rock Gründungsmitglieder MC Run … Deutsch Wikipedia
Run–D.M.C. — Run–D.M.C. Run D.M.C. et Julien Civange au Grand Rex à Paris en 1989 Pays d’origine … Wikipédia en Français

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