run along
verb
ran along; run along; running along; runs along
: to go away : be on one's way : depart
Synonyms
- bail
- bail out
- begone
- book [slang]
- bug off
- bug out
- bugger off [British slang]
- buzz (off)
- clear off [chiefly British]
- clear out
- cut out
- depart
- dig out
- exit
- get
- get off
- go
- go off
- move
- pack (up or off)
- part
- peel off
- pike (out or off)
- pull out
- push off
- push on
- quit
- sally (forth)
- scarper [British]
- shove (off)
- step (along)
- take off
- vamoose
- walk out
Examples of run along in a Sentence
I'd love to stay longer, but I must be running along.
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By the numbers: About 75 miles of the trail are actually in Tennessee, but the trail runs along the Tennessee/North Carolina boarder for another 220 miles, according to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
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Adam Tamburin, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
The agency is looking to the federal government to fund the creation of a network of fast lanes that would carry athletes and others involved in the Games, the bulk of which would run along freeways.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
The sensors in the skin of the hand are among the densest in the body, and are part of a network of nerves that run along the spinal cord.
—James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Last season saw the addition of 150 acres of expert runs along its high-altitude north-facing slopes.
—Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
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Adam Tamburin, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
The agency is looking to the federal government to fund the creation of a network of fast lanes that would carry athletes and others involved in the Games, the bulk of which would run along freeways.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
The sensors in the skin of the hand are among the densest in the body, and are part of a network of nerves that run along the spinal cord.
—James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Last season saw the addition of 150 acres of expert runs along its high-altitude north-facing slopes.
—Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Run along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20along. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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