run along

verb

be in line with; form a line along (Freq. 1)

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trees line the riverbank

• Syn: ↑line

• Derivationally related forms: ↑line (for: ↑line)

• Hypernyms: ↑lie

• Hyponyms: ↑rim

• Verb Frames:

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Something ——s something

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(informal)

GO AWAY, be off with you, shoo; informal scram, buzz off, skedaddle, scat, beat it, get lost, shove off, clear off; Brit. informal hop it; poetic/literary begone.

→ run

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intransitive verb

: to go away : be on one's way : depart

it's late, I must run along

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run along (informal)

To leave (often as imperative)

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Main Entry: ↑run

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ˌrun a ˈlong [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they run along he/she/it runs along present participle running along past tense ran along past participle run along] old-fashioned phrasal verb

used for telling children to go away

Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to go away_synonym

Main entry: run

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[in imperative] informal go away (used typically to address a child)

run along now, there's a good girl

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run along [phrasal verb]

informal + somewhat old-fashioned : to go away : ↑leave

He told the boy to run along home.

Run along now, kid. This doesn't concern you.

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Main Entry: ↑run

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ˌrun aˈlong derived

(old-fashioned, informal) used in orders to tell sb, especially a child, to go away

Main entry: ↑run_derived