Topic: TRANSPORT
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run2 S2 W2
1 a period of time spent running, or a distance that you run [↪ jog, sprint]: 
a five-mile run
on foot
[countable]a five-mile run2 later in the future, not immediately [↪ long-term]: Moving to Spain will be better for you in the long run.
in the long run
Moving to Spain will be better for you in the long run.3 in the near future [↪ short-term]: Sufficient supply, in the short run, will be a problem.
in the short run
Sufficient supply, in the short run, will be a problem.4 the usual type of something : The place was very different from the normal run of street cafes.
the usual/normal/general run of something
The place was very different from the normal run of street cafes.5 a series of successes or failures [↪ string, streak]: an unbeaten run of 19 games
series
[countable usually singular]an unbeaten run of 19 games6 an amount of a product produced at one time : a limited run of 200 copies
amount produced
[countable]a limited run of 200 copies7
be on the run
a) SCC to be trying to escape or hide, especially from the police
b) if an army or opponent is on the run, they will soon be defeated
c) to be very busy and continuously rushing about : Typical of stress is this feeling of being continuously on the run.
Typical of stress is this feeling of being continuously on the run.8 to do something while you are on your way somewhere or doing something else : I always seem to eat on the run these days.
do something on the run
I always seem to eat on the run these days.10 if you have the run of a place, you are allowed to go anywhere and do anything in it :
the run of something
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a run on something
a) a situation in which lots of people suddenly buy a particular product [↪ rush]: There's always a run on roses before Valentine's Day.
There's always a run on roses before Valentine's Day.b) a situation in which lots of people sell dollars etc and the value goes down
a run on the dollar/pound etc
c) an occasion when a lot of people take their money out of a bank at the same time
a run on the bank
12 to make your opponent in a competition use all their skill and effort to defeat you : They've given some of the top teams a run for their money this season.
give somebody a (good) run for their money
They've given some of the top teams a run for their money this season.13 to succeed in doing something successfully for a long time : Investors have also had a good run for their money.
have a (good) run for your money
informalInvestors have also had a good run for their money.15 a continuous series of performances of a play, film etc in the same place : His first play had a three-month run in the West End.
play/film
[countable]APTAMFHis first play had a three-month run in the West End.16
journey
[singular]a) TT a journey by train, ship, truck etc made regularly between two places : It's only a 55-minute run from London to Brighton. the daily school run (=the journey that parents make each day taking their children to and from school) British English
It's only a 55-minute run from London to Brighton.the daily school run (=the journey that parents make each day taking their children to and from school) British Englishb) informalTTC a short journey in a car, for pleasure : Let's take the car out for a run.
Let's take the car out for a run.17 an enclosed area where animals such as chickens or rabbits are kept : a chicken run
for animals
[countable]TAa chicken run19 a special area or track on a mountain for people to ski or sledge down : a ski run
winter sports
[countable]DSOa ski run20 an attempt to be elected to an important position
election
[countable usually singular] American English21 a line of torn stitches in tights or stockings [= ladder British English]
in clothes
[countable] American EnglishDCC22 a set of notes played or sung quickly up or down a scale in a piece of music
music
[countable]APM23 a set of cards with numbers in a series, held by one player
