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ran at

ran at is the simple past of run at.

Meaning of run at

Verb

run at (third-person singular simple present runs at, present participle running at, simple past ran at, past participle run at)

  1. To charge at (someone); to advance on (someone) as though to attack; to conduct a surprise attack on (someone).

Questions about ran at

What is ran at the simple past of?
Ran at is the simple past of run at.

Words near ran at in the dictionary

  1. ran around
  2. ran around after
  3. ran around like a chicken with its head cut off
  4. ran around with
  5. ran around with one's hair on fire
  6. ran at
  7. ran at the mouth
  8. ran away
  9. ran away from
  10. ran away together
  11. ran away with

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ran at (page history and authors); run at (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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