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run by someone

run by someone idiom

Try out on someone, as in Let me run this idea by you and see what you think of it. [Colloquial; 1900s]

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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Browse dictionary definitions near run by someone

run away with
run away
Run As
run around with
run around like a chicken
run around in circles
run around
run around
run an errand
run amok

run circles around
run counter to
run down
run dry
run for it
run for one's money, a
run foul
run high
run in
run in place

run by someone

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