Phrase guide

run with

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To be streaming with a fluid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: literally

Examples

  • After a long run, his face was running with sweat.
  • The streets were running with rain water.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To follow something through to completion or realization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To take an incomplete or inadequate (plan, text, etc.) and develop it further, often with the implication of carelessness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, informal

Examples

  • They took this three-second sound bite and ran with it to try to smear me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To be a member of (a gang, hooligan firm, etc.); to associate with a, typically disreputable, individual or group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, idiomatic, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consort, keep company

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The thief was running with the purse in his hands.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Spanish: adaptarse — to follow something through to completion or realization; to take an incomplete or inadequate (plan, text, etc.) and develop it further, often with the implication of carelessness
  • Spanish: seguir / continuar con — to follow something through to completion or realization; to take an incomplete or inadequate (plan, text, etc.) and develop it further, often with the implication of carelessness
  • Spanish: usar — to follow something through to completion or realization; to take an incomplete or inadequate (plan, text, etc.) and develop it further, often with the implication of carelessness
  • Spanish: utilizar — to follow something through to completion or realization; to take an incomplete or inadequate (plan, text, etc.) and develop it further, often with the implication of carelessness