run with
Britishverb
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to associate with habitually
run with the pack
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to proceed with or put into action
possible for us to run with this proposal
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Also, run around with . Socialize with; see run around , def. 2.
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Take as one's own, adopt; also, carry out enthusiastically. For example, He wanted to run with the idea and go public immediately .
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run with the hare, hunt with the hounds . Support two opposing sides at the same time, as in He wants to increase the magazine's circulation along with its price—that's trying to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds . This expression, alluding to being both hunter and hunted at the same time, dates from the 1400s and was already a proverb in John Heywood's 1546 collection.
Example Sentences
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I’d carried a 20-pound pack almost 50 miles in these last two days, the first time I’d run with a pack.
"He gives you all the information he thinks you need. It might be very little information -- in my case, it was three words -- and then he lets you run with it," he told AFP.
From Barron's
It’s a powerful story, to say the least, and Neville handles it in “Man on the Run” with great aplomb.
From Salon
It can’t hope to keep up in the long run with investments that compound, though.
They have scored just eight goals during that run - with only Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and Wolves scoring fewer over the same period.
From BBC
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