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ran for the hills

ran for the hills is the simple past of run for the hills.

Meaning of run for the hills

Verb

run for the hills (third-person singular simple present runs for the hills, present participle running for the hills, simple past ran for the hills, past participle run for the hills)

  1. (idiomatic) To flee.

Questions about ran for the hills

What is ran for the hills the simple past of?
Ran for the hills is the simple past of run for the hills.

Words near ran for the hills in the dictionary

  1. ran errands
  2. ran for cover
  3. ran for it
  4. ran for one's life
  5. ran for the exercise
  6. ran for the hills
  7. ran from the tongue
  8. ran game
  9. ran game on
  10. ran hands
  11. ran high

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