run high
idiom
: to be or become very strong or intense
Emotions are running high between the two teams.
Passions often run high in these debates.
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Tensions and tempers run high, proving home kitchens are sometimes just as terrifying as professional ones.
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Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2024
Lightning and gusty winds may be possible and small tributaries and rivers may run high.
—Julianna O'Clair, The Denver Post, 10 June 2024
Tensions between the young state’s Albanian majority, empowered by independence, and its Serbian minority still run high.
—Andreas Wimmer, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2013
Emotions will also run high during the full moon in your sign on June 21, leaving you feeling conflicted between the need to balance professional responsibilities with your emotional needs.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
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Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2024
Lightning and gusty winds may be possible and small tributaries and rivers may run high.
—Julianna O'Clair, The Denver Post, 10 June 2024
Tensions between the young state’s Albanian majority, empowered by independence, and its Serbian minority still run high.
—Andreas Wimmer, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2013
Emotions will also run high during the full moon in your sign on June 21, leaving you feeling conflicted between the need to balance professional responsibilities with your emotional needs.
—Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
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“Run high.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20high. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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