ran by
ran by is the simple past of run by.
Meaning of run by
Verb
run by (third-person singular simple present runs by, present participle running by, simple past ran by, past participle run by)
- To inform briefly of the main points of; to bring an idea or proposal to the attention of (especially in order to obtain their opinion of it).
- Let me run that idea by the board before we spend too much time on it.
- Synonyms:
- run past
- To briefly stop at a location for a particular purpose.
- Can you run by the store for milk?
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, by.
Questions about ran by
- What is ran by the simple past of?
- Ran by is the simple past of run by.
Words near ran by in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ran by (page history and authors); run by (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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