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run along

British  

verb

  1. (intr, adverb) (often said patronizingly) to go away; leave

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run along Idioms  

  1. Go away, leave, as in I'll be running along now; I'm already late. This expression is also used as an imperative to tell someone to go away, as in Run along, children, I have work to do. [Early 1800s]

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Valtellina, a 75-mile-long valley that runs along the Swiss border, will be the site of Alpine skiing, snowboarding, freestyle skiing and the debut sport of ski mountaineering.

From Los Angeles Times

All of a sudden, there was Jeb running along the side of the truck.

From Literature

She takes me to the road that runs along the water, across from the post office, where the Spirit of the Sea plaque is.

From Literature

I point to the carved line of words that run along the top of the walls.

From Literature

The map also featured an empty strip of land running along the Egyptian and Israeli borders.

From BBC

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