To run off, to cause to flow away, as a charge of molten
metal from a furnace.
To run on (Print.), to carry on or continue, as the type
for a new sentence, without making a break or commencing a
new paragraph.
To run out. (a) To thrust or push out; to extend. (b) To waste; to exhaust; as, to run out an estate. (c) (Baseball) To put out while running between two
bases.
To run the chances, or one's chances, to encounter all
the risks of a certain course.
To run through, to transfix; to pierce, as with a sword.
``[He] was run through the body by the man who had asked
his advice.'' --Addison.
To run up. (a) To thrust up, as anything long and slender. (b) To increase; to enlarge by additions, as an account.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |