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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While the main portion of the project will run along East Colfax, the setup will be a little different downtown.
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Elliott Wenzler, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
The Hayward Fault runs along the foot of the East Bay Hills.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
The state line runs along the river northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri, until the point near downtown KCK and KCMO where the Kansas and Missouri rivers meet.
—Chandler Boese, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2025
In November, a Chinese ship called the Yi Peng 3, was identified as another vessel that may have deliberately dragged its anchor to damage another cable running along the Baltic Sea.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
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Elliott Wenzler, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
The Hayward Fault runs along the foot of the East Bay Hills.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
The state line runs along the river northeast Kansas and northwest Missouri, until the point near downtown KCK and KCMO where the Kansas and Missouri rivers meet.
—Chandler Boese, Kansas City Star, 8 Feb. 2025
In November, a Chinese ship called the Yi Peng 3, was identified as another vessel that may have deliberately dragged its anchor to damage another cable running along the Baltic Sea.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Run along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20along. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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