English Words: R

21,470 words · Page 414 of 430

run aroundverb

To be very busy doing many different things.

run around afterverb

To spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people. Often used when that person could reasonably do the things for themselves.

run around like a chicken with its head cut offverb

To act in a haphazard or aimless way; to act frantically or without control.

run around withverb

To spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often implies disapproval on the part of the speaker.

run around with one's hair on fireverb

Alternative form of set one's hair on fire.

run awayverb

To flee by running.

run away fromverb

To avoid or shirk a problem or consequences; to rush to back away from or disclaim responsibility for something.

run away withverb

To leave secretly with another person, often with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.

run backverb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, back.

run barefoot throughverb

To explore or experience freely and with enjoyment.

run beforeverb

To flee from (something); to run away from (something).

run booknoun

A set of procedures prepared by an administrator for the day-to-day maintenance and exception handling of an IT system.

run byverb

To inform briefly of the main points of; to bring an idea or proposal to the attention of (especially in order to obtain their opinion of it).

run circles aroundverb

To outperform by a great margin.

run deepverb

Synonym of go deep.

run downverb

To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.

run down the clockverb

To waste time at the end of a match such that it is terminated by running out of time, or during a match so a time penalty is made less severe.

run dryverb

To become dry; to cease to flow with water.

run feastnoun

A lengthy bout of scoring many runs.

run for itverb

To escape from danger by running; to flee.

run for one's lifeverb

To run away desperately from danger.

run for one's moneynoun

A difficult challenge for the person indicated, especially one involving a competitive situation.

run for the exerciseverb

To run for political office with little chance of success.

run for the rosesnoun

The Kentucky Derby horse race.

run gamenoun

The running component of a team's offense, as distinct from passing and kicking.

run game onverb

To cheat someone; to play someone for a fool

run handsverb

To start a physical altercation; to fight physically, as opposed to fighting verbally (i.e. arguing).

run hotverb

To produce excessive heat while operating.

run hot and coldverb

To alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure.

run in the familyverb

To be a characteristic feature that is observed in several generations of a family.

run in withverb

To agree with or comply with something; to come to be in agreement over something.

run intoverb

To enter by running.

run into the groundverb

To mismanage to the point of ruin.

run lateverb

To be late; to fail to be on time.

run like a dry creekverb

To run for political office with little chance of success.

run like a topverb

To operate flawlessly and smoothly.

run linesverb

To practice or memorize one's lines from a script outside of rehearsal, usually with another person.

run lowverb

To near the end of a supply of something; to be nearly running out.

run madverb

To go mad.

run of playnoun

A passage of play; a series of consecutive moments, considered as a whole.

run offverb

To flee or depart quickly.

run off one's mouthverb

Alternative form of run off at the mouth.

run off withverb

To steal or abscond with.

run on emptyverb

To be losing enthusiasm or willingness; to lack motivation.

run on fumesverb

To operate a vehicle that is low on fuel.

run one's mouthverb

Alternative form of run at the mouth.

run one's mouth offverb

Alternative form of run off at the mouth.

run outverb

To use up or consume all

run out of roadverb

Synonym of run out of steam.

run out of steamverb

To run out of energy or motivation.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English alphabetical index for the letter R contains 21,470 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 430 pages, and you are currently viewing page 414. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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