All English words - page 5075

Meanings of Run-off:

idiom

Run away

phrasal verb

Leave a place or situation suddenly.

Usage examples:

He ran off to join napoleon's army and never returned

Meanings of Run-off-at-the-mouth:

phrase

Talk excessively or indiscreetly.

Usage examples:

He just keeps running his mouth until i get really angry

Meanings of Run-off-with:

phrasal verb

To borrow, steal, or take something that does not belong to you

Usage examples:

The dog ran off with my shoe.

Meanings of Run-on:

phrasal verb

Continue without stopping; go on longer than is expected.

Usage examples:

The story ran on for months

Meanings of Run-out-of-steam:

phrase

Lose impetus or enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

A rebellion that had run out of steam

idiom

To suddenly lose the energy or interest to continue doing what you are doing

Usage examples:

The peace talks seem to have run out of steam.

Meanings of Run-out-on:

phrasal verb

To leave someone you are having a relationship with or something you are responsible for, without warning and usually causing problems

Usage examples:

She ran out on him two months ago, leaving him to take care of their two children.

Meanings of Run-over:

idiom

Injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

phrasal verb

(of a vehicle) knock a person or animal down and pass over their body.

Usage examples:

Anna accidentally ran over their cat

Meanings of Run-riot:

idiom

If people run riot, they behave in a way that is not controlled, running in all directions or being noisy or violent

Usage examples:

I dread them coming here because they let their kids run riot., my imagination was running riot, th…

Meanings of Run-someone-into-the-ground:

noun

Past simple and past participle of grind

Usage examples:

We laid a blanket on the ground for our picnic., this teacher just keeps going over the same ground…

Meanings of Run-someone-ragged:

idiom

If you run someone ragged, you make them very tired, usually by giving them too much work or work that is too demanding

Usage examples:

The kids have run me ragged this week - i'm glad they're going back to school tomorrow.

Meanings of Run-through:

phrasal verb

Be present in every part of something; pervade.

Usage examples:

A sense of personal loss runs through many of his lyrics

Meanings of Run-to-earth:

idiom

To find someone or something after a lot of searching and problems

Usage examples:

Detectives finally ran the terrorists to ground in an apartment building in chicago.

Meanings of Run-to-ground:

idiom

To find someone or something after a lot of searching and problems

Usage examples:

Detectives finally ran the terrorists to ground in an apartment building in chicago.

Meanings of Run-up:

collocation

Pile up (debts or scores)

phrasal verb

Allow a debt or bill to accumulate.

Usage examples:

He ran up debts of £153,000

Meanings of Runabout:

noun

A small car, motorboat, or light aircraft, especially one used for short trips.

Usage examples:

It's a meeting at great temperature between a city runabout and an army jeep.

Meanings of Runabouts:

noun

A small car, motorboat, or light aircraft, especially one used for short trips.

Usage examples:

It's a meeting at great temperature between a city runabout and an army jeep.

Meanings of Runagate:

noun

A person who has run away; a deserter.

Usage examples:

I found this runagate at vienna.

Meanings of Runagates:

noun

A person who has run away; a deserter.

Usage examples:

I found this runagate at vienna.

Meanings of Runaround:

noun

Deceitful or evasive treatment.

Usage examples:

They are being given the runaround by the defence ministry

Meanings of Runaway:

noun

A person who has run away, especially from their family or an institution.

Usage examples:

A teenage runaway

Meanings of Runaways:

noun

A person who has run away, especially from their family or an institution.

Usage examples:

A teenage runaway

Meanings of Runch:

noun

Any of several plants of the family brassicaceae (cruciferae) which grow as weeds of cultivated land; especially charlock or wild mustard, sinapis arvensis, and wild radish, raphanus raphanistrum.

Meanings of Runcinate:

adjective

Especially of a leaf: irregularly serrated, with the lobes or teeth curved toward the base.

Meanings of Rundale:

noun

The system of land tenure by which an area of arable land or pastureland is divided into irregular strips, each of which is then allocated by lot to a tenant on a rotation system; = runrig .

adjective

Held under or designating the system of land tenure by which an area of arable land or pastureland is divided into irregular strips and allocated to tenants.

Meanings of Rundlet:

noun

A cask or vessel of varying capacity; (also) the quantity of liquid contained in this, often used as a measure for wine or spirits.