run scared
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As for his predicament, Mr. Markey smiled and said, “You know the old saying: You either run scared or you run unopposed.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2019
The players came to have fun, not run scared from the mighty program playing in its home state.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2018
"I want us to run scared the whole time," Obama said at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.
From US News ● Jun. 3, 2016
If the message is to always run scared, then you’ll need a pollster to get a temperature reading of how your constituents feel about you.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2014
There are lots of them," and he waved his arm in a wide half circle, "coming out of the East on the run, scared to death, and with more or less money in their pockets.
From The Bells of San Juan by Gregory, Jackson
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