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.

2. tv. to transport contraband, alcohol, or drugs. Harry the Horse used to run booze during prohibition.

3. n. an act of transporting contraband. Four soldiers were killed during a run.

run

/take its course

To follow its natural progression or development: Should we let the illness run its course?

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(all) great minds run in the same channel
(one's) blood runs cold
a dry run
a run for money
after
against
against the grain
against the run of play
at a good clip
at full blast
be on the run
be run off feet
beat one's head against the wall
Blood is thicker than water
blood run cold
bump into
by the book
cast eye over
come across
course of true love never did run smooth
cut and run
drive into the ground
dry run
dummy run
eat and run
end run
fall foul of
give (one) a run for (one's) money
give a run for money
go around
go around in circles
go deep
go off the rails
go on
go to seed
got to run
great minds run in the same channel, all
hate to eat and run
have a good run
have a good run for money
have a run of
have a run-in
have a run-in with someone/something
have luck run out
have on the run
have the run of
have to run along
He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
head for the hills
hit a home run
hit-and-run
hold with the hare and run with the hounds
home run
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither
in the long run
in the short run
like clockwork
like stink
like the wind
long run
long-run
make a break for
make a run at
make a run for (someone or something)
make a run for it
make blood run cold
make one's blood run cold
off someone's feet
on the run
out of patience
over the long haul
pick up the ball and run
play out of your skin
rat run
ride roughshod over
run
run (a)round in circles
run (one's) own show
run (someone) off his or her feet
run a comb through
run a fever
run a fever and run a temperature
run a make on
run a make on someone
run a mile
run a red light
run a risk
run a tab
run a temperature
run a tight ship
run about
run across
run afoul of
run after
run against
run aground
run along
run amok
run amuck
run an errand
run and run
run around
run around after
run around like a blue-arsed fly
run around like a chicken with its head cut off and run in circles
run around with
run as
run at
run away
run away with
run back
run back over
run back to
run before can walk
run behind
run between
run by
run by someone
run circles around
run counter to
run deep
run down
run down some lines
run down the clock
run down to
run dry
run eye over
run feet off
run fingers through hair
run for
run for (one's) money
run for it
run for life
run for one's money, a
run for the hills
Run for the Roses
run foul of (someone or something)
run from
run from to
run head against a brick wall
run high
run hot and cold
run in
run in circles
run in place
run in the blood
run in the family
run interference
run into
run into a stone wall
run into the ground
run it down
run its course
run like clockwork
run like the wind
run low
run mouth
run of luck
run of play
run of the mill
run off
run off at the mouth
run off in all directions
run off smell of an oily rag
run off with
run on
run on all cylinders
run on empty
run on fumes
run on the smell of an oily rag
run one ragged
run one’s rhymes
run one's own show
run onto
run out
run out at
run out of
run out of gas
run out of some place
run out of steam
run out of time
run out of town
run out on
run out the clock
run over
run over to
run over with
run past
run ragged
run rampant
run rhymes
run rings around
run riot
run roughshod over (someone or something)
run scared
run short
run someone in
Run that by again
Run that by me again
Run that by me one more time
Run that by one more time
run the clock down
run the gamut
run the gauntlet
run the good race
run the risk
run the show
run through
run to
run to earth
run to form
run to ground
run to seed
run up
run up against
run up the flagpole
run up to some place
run wild
run with
run with it
run with scissors
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
run-of-the-mill
run-up
rush on
short run
still waters run deep
take a run at (someone)
take a run at (something)
Target run
the runs
thrust into
tight ship
time to run
turn tail and run
up against
We must learn to walk before we can run
well's run dry, the
you can run, but you can't hide
you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
You never miss the water till the well runs dry

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Spencer	SPEN-sər	English
Evgenij	-	Macedonian
Evgenia	yev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian), eev-GYE-nee-yah (Russian)	Greek, Russian, Bulgarian
Kirsten	KEER-sten (Danish, Norwegian), KUR-stən (English)	Danish, Norwegian, English
Amy	['eimi]
Douglas	DUG-ləs	Scottish, English