run with
Britishverb
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to associate with habitually
run with the pack
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to proceed with or put into action
possible for us to run with this proposal
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Also, run around with . Socialize with; see run around , def. 2.
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Take as one's own, adopt; also, carry out enthusiastically. For example, He wanted to run with the idea and go public immediately .
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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.
Example Sentences
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She also tried to persuade Schmidt to back a venture fund she would run with him to invest in Anthropic and other AI companies, although that didn’t move forward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Despite Lauer’s bounce-back start Wednesday, and a consistent run with the Dodgers other than a dud against the Cubs at Wrigley Field last week, Lauer’s future with this team down the stretch isn’t entirely clear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Her ability to take the ball and run with it is what caught Lawrence’s eye in the first place, discovering Williams as a correspondent on “The Daily Show.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The startup, Arcee AI, pulled it off after a 33-day pretraining run, with far less funding than the industry’s biggest labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Gripping my wooden bowl and spoon, I run with my family to the communal kitchen.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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