run

run idiom
In addition to the idioms beginning with run, also see beat (run) one's head against the wall; cut and run; dry run; eat and run; end run; go (run) around in circles; great minds (run in the same channel); home run; in the long run; like clockwork, run; make a break (run) for; make one's blood run cold; (run) off someone's feet; on the run; still waters run deep; tight ship, run a; well's run dry. Also see under running.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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