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run along
verb
ran along; run along; running along; runs along
: 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
In the past six months, a deluge of storms bringing record amounts of rain led to the lake's formation at Badwater Basin, which runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
Tren a las Nubes runs along the high Andes desert of Argentina.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2024
The property runs along Nod Road, a relatively narrow, two-way street that connects Simsbury and Avon and is frequently closed in the spring when the river overflows.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2024
That was noted by Assemblyman Jim Wood, a Democrat whose district runs along the coast north of Santa Rosa.
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Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 16 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1803, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near run along
Cite this Entry
“Run along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20along. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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