run with
(informal, idiomatic) To take an incomplete or inadequate (plan, text, etc.) and develop it further, often with the implication of carelessness.
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It truly was 😊 I wanted to get out of the train and run with them, but sometimes what seems whimsical in your head looks insane in reality 😂
Once the Government, no matter what level, gets a feel for absolute power, they run with it. Without the "leadership" of the Feds, this would NOT happen.
history is history. Corbyn wanted to introduce a ratio of 20:1 wage max which is a bit different from the greens idea of 10:1. Like I have said If the greens choose to run with it, so be it
We champion involving people with CF in study design. Our Involvement Group is made up of more than 300 people who share their knowledge of CF to make sure studies are designed and run with people with CF in mind. (2/4)
Prisoner who left Thomaston job site believed to be on the run with New Hampshire woman
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(informal, idiomatic) To take an incomplete or inadequate (plan, text, etc.) and develop it further, often with the implication of carelessness.
“A billion dollars for graft, kickbacks, laundering and skimming. Bragging about the marble...bet the invoice says highest quality Italian marble, but it came from a pit in Slovakia. That's the kind of Mob scam he used to run with his construction buddies.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A tag run with these two could single-handedly save the industry”
— Bluesky· May 2026“This week's streaming schedule. All times listed in PDT. Tune in for our May Viewer's Choice Monthly One-shot, and run with the Alepack. 🥽🍺🐶 #BanjoTooie #YookaReplaylee twitch.tv/alesdandyple...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Let Munich or Hamburg run with the national Olympic bid, those towns have money to burn. Does the world really need a Berlin 2036, laden with echoes of exactly one hundred years before?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Had a good run with with a George Sanders-type voice in two Bugs cartoons.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(informal, idiomatic) To follow something through to completion or realization.
The streets were running with rain water.
“We seem to have looked at the tories performance over the last 5 years in government and decided that's a good blueprint to run with for some reason.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(literally) To be streaming with a fluid.
After a long run, his face was running with sweat.
“It truly was 😊 I wanted to get out of the train and run with them, but sometimes what seems whimsical in your head looks insane in reality 😂”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Once the Government, no matter what level, gets a feel for absolute power, they run with it. Without the "leadership" of the Feds, this would NOT happen.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“history is history. Corbyn wanted to introduce a ratio of 20:1 wage max which is a bit different from the greens idea of 10:1. Like I have said If the greens choose to run with it, so be it”
— Bluesky· May 2026“We champion involving people with CF in study design. Our Involvement Group is made up of more than 300 people who share their knowledge of CF to make sure studies are designed and run with people with CF in mind. (2/4)”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Prisoner who left Thomaston job site believed to be on the run with New Hampshire woman”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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