run along

verb

ran along; run along; running along; runs along

intransitive verb

: to go away : be on one's way : depart

Synonyms

• bail
• bail out
• begone
• book [slang]
• bug off
• bug out
• bugger off [British slang]
• buzz (off)
• clear off [chiefly British]
• clear out
• cut out
• depart
• dig out
• exit
• get
• get off
• go
• go off
• move
• pack (up or off)
• part
• peel off
• pike (out or off)
• pull out
• push off
• push on
• quit
• sally (forth)
• scarper [British]
• shove (off)
• step (along)
• take off
• vamoose
• walk out

Examples of run along in a Sentence

I'd love to stay longer, but I must be running along.

Recent Examples on the Web

Businesses along Big Basin Way, which runs along what is technically Highway 9, make up the Saratoga Village, considered the city’s downtown. —Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025

Tropical plants and sculptures are interspersed throughout the property, which runs along Biscayne Bay. —Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025

The pup was found about 3 or 4 miles from the family’s home, which runs along the railroad tracks, Gordon told McClatchy News in a phone interview. —Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025

But Interstate 70 runs along Quinter's bottom edge, and Kerns' Dairy Queen is a popular stop for travelers. —Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 1 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above