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ran late

ran late is the simple past of run late.

Meaning of run late

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To be late; to fail to be on time.
    • When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early.1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railways and Summer Time”, in Railway Magazine, page 429

Questions about ran late

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

Words near ran late in the dictionary

  1. ran into
  2. ran into a brick wall
  3. ran into one
  4. ran into the ground
  5. ran it up
  6. ran late
  7. ran like a dry creek
  8. ran like a top
  9. ran lines
  10. ran low
  11. ran mad

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