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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)

  1. (ditransitive) 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
  2. (transitive) To briefly stop at a location for a particular purpose.
    • Can you run by the store for milk?
  3. 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

  1. ran away with
  2. ran back
  3. ran barefoot through
  4. ran before
  5. ran behind
  6. ran by
  7. ran circles around
  8. ran counter
  9. ran deep
  10. ran down
  11. ran down the clock

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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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