run along
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Definition
- Phrasal Verb:
- To leave or depart, especially in a casual or informal manner: Used to tell someone, often a child, to go away or to indicate that one is leaving.
- To extend or proceed along a path or boundary: To be situated or to move in a line following the course of something.
Usage
- As a command to leave (informal):
- "Run along now, children. The adults need to talk."
- "I'm busy. Run along and play outside."
- To describe following a path:
- "A narrow trail runs along the edge of the cliff."
- "The old railway line runs along the valley for miles."
Advanced Usage
- "to run along with": To agree with or go along with an idea or plan informally.
- "I decided to run along with their suggestion for the time being."
- Used to describe infrastructure or natural features that follow a contour.
- "The cable runs along the floor, so be careful not to trip."
Variants and Related Words
- Run (verb): To move at a speed faster than a walk.
- Along (preposition/adverb): Moving in a constant direction on or beside.
- Line (verb): To place or form a line along something. (Note: This is a related concept but a distinct word from the phrasal verb 'run along').
Synonyms
- Go away: To leave a place.
- Skedaddle: To depart quickly or hurriedly (informal).
- Follow: To go or come after or behind.
- Border: To form a boundary along.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Run off: To leave quickly or suddenly.
- "He ran off before I could ask him a question."
- Run by: To tell someone about an idea to get their opinion.
- "Let me run that idea by my manager first."
Related Idioms
- Run along now: A set phrase used to dismiss someone gently, often a child.
- "Run along now, and don't bother your father."
- Run its course: To continue until it finishes naturally.
- "We can't stop the illness; it just has to run its course." (Note: This idiom uses 'run' but is conceptually distinct from 'run along').
Verb
- be in line with; form a line along
- trees line the riverbank