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.
Recent Examples on the Web
The ocean that runs along its western edge makes things worse by sending cool drafts of air across the landscape: over the freeways, between the skyscrapers downtown, and east into the sprawl.
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025
Malti also brought a Moana doll along for the trip and was later shown running along the hallways of a hotel in a cute clip.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
The backstrap is a super lean and tender strip of meat that runs along a deer’s spine, stretching from the shoulder blades to the last vertebra.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
The quake occurred near the sparsely populated northern coast of California, just offshore on the San Andreas fault, which runs along the coastline.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Jan. 2025
Malti also brought a Moana doll along for the trip and was later shown running along the hallways of a hotel in a cute clip.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
The backstrap is a super lean and tender strip of meat that runs along a deer’s spine, stretching from the shoulder blades to the last vertebra.
—Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
The quake occurred near the sparsely populated northern coast of California, just offshore on the San Andreas fault, which runs along the coastline.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Run along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20along. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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