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ran counter

ran counter is the simple past of run counter.

Meaning of run counter

Verb

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

  1. To defy or oppose something, especially an expectation, custom, or social standard.

Questions about ran counter

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

Words near ran counter in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ran counter (page history and authors); run counter (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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