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ran to the hills

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

Meaning of run to the hills

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of take to the hills, run for the hills.
    • If word gets out about missin' fighters, it sure ain't gonna be good for business, no siree! Nasty rumors have a way of sendin' folks runnin' to the hills, know what I mean?2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville

Questions about ran to the hills

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

Words near ran to the hills in the dictionary

  1. ran through
  2. ran to
  3. ran to earth
  4. ran to ground
  5. ran to the ground
  6. ran to the hills
  7. ran to waste
  8. ran up
  9. ran up against
  10. ran up in
  11. ran up in it

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