run with

British  

verb

1. to associate with habitually

   run with the pack

2. to proceed with or put into action

   possible for us to run with this proposal

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run with Idioms  

1. Also, run around with . Socialize with; see run around , def. 2.

2. Take as one's own, adopt; also, carry out enthusiastically. For example, He wanted to run with the idea and go public immediately .

3. 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.

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Example Sentences

Relaxed, joking and enjoying teasing his rivals, Verstappen has a chance to complete a remarkable run with a spectacular title triumph.

From Barron's

For decades, the corporate world has run with a simple story: Diversity drives performance.

From The Wall Street Journal

The journalists wear their foreign-agent designation as a badge of honor, mocking the comically lengthy disclaimer text they’re forced to run with their broadcasts, a pitch-black coping mechanism to make sense of their tense, surreal moment.

From Los Angeles Times

“This network would allow problems to be run with potentially trillions of quantum gates,” which Jay Gambetta, the director of IBM Research, said are crucial for complicated problems like material design and medical discoveries.

From MarketWatch

De Anthony Young-Jones scored on a two-yard run to increase the lead to 20-0 late in the third quarter and Jaziel Hernandez-Cruz closed the scoring with a one-yard run with 3:48 left in the fourth quarter.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• accompany
• join
• mix