Run about
To like to walk
anywhere
“Let the dog run about
in your garden!”
Run across (sb/sth)
To meet or find someone
or something by change
“I ran across Hana this
morning.”
Run after (sb/sth)
To chase someone or
something
“She was running after
a dog.”
To try to have a
romantic relationship with somebody (informal)
“I can’t keep running
after him all day.”
Run against
To compete
Run along
To fringe
“This road runs along
the river.”
Run around
To run in an area
without a definite purpose
“Panji is running
around the field.”
To be very busy doing
many small jobs
“I don’t want to be
running around changing diapers.”
Run around with (sb)
To spend a lot of time
with someone in way that other people disapprove
“Is it true that she
has been running around with a younger man?”
Run away (from sb/sth)
To leave a place
secretly
“They run away from her
father.”
Run away with you (of a
feeling)
To control you
completely
“Don’t let that idea
run away with you!”
Run away/off with (sb)
To leave your home,
husband, wife, etc to have relationship with somebody
“She runs away with her
boss.”
Run down
To hit and injure
someone or something
“My cousin was run down
by a motorcycles’ accident.’
To say things that are
rule
To let a company stop functioning/working
“The oil company is
being run down.”
To find someone or
something after searching for a long time
“I finally run the
novel down at Kinokuniya Bookstore.”
Run for
To run to (the exit)
“When it began to rain,
we ran for it.”
Run (sb/sth) in
To drop in
“I’ll ran in for a
moment.”
Run into (sb)
To hit someone or
something with a car or a vehicle
“My car ran into a
gate.”
To meet someone by
change (informal)
Run into (sth)
To experience
difficulties
“The company runs into
trouble.”
Run (sth) off
To leave a place or
person in a way that people disapprove
“Lisa’s husband had run
her off.”
To quickly print
“Would you like to run
off some magazine?”
Run off with (sb/sth)
To go away with someone
(informal)
To take something without
permission
“The thief ran off with
all my money.”
Run on
To continue happening
for longer than planned
“The lecture ran on
until 2 o’clock.”
Run out
To become no longer
valid
To use all of something
and not have any of it left
“My car has run out of
gas.”
Run out on
To leave someone, when
you should not
“He ran out on his
second wife 3 months later.”
Run over
To hit someone or
something with a car or a vehicle
“He was run by a bus.”
To explain or practice
something again
“Would you like to run
over that lesson again?”
To think about a series
of events
“I ran out over the
option in my mind.”
Run through (sth)
To repeat something
quickly
“Let’s run through the
first scene!”
To discuss
To pass quickly through
To perform or practice
something
Run to (sth)
To reach a particular
amount
To be enough money to
pay something
“My wages won’t run to
a new car.”
Run (sth) up
To use a lot of
something or lend a lot of money
“She ran up an enormous
phone bill.”
To make something very
quickly
To raise a flag on a
pole
Run up against
To have a deal with
unexpected problems
“We ran up against some
unexpected opposition.”
References
·
(2008). Oxford Learner’s Pocket Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press
·
(2001). New Words. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 3rd Edition with
New Words Supplement. England : Longman
·
Echols, J.M. (1997). Kamus Inggris Indonesia. Indonesia:
Gramedia
