run a red light

Verb

run a red light (third-person singular simple present runs a red light, present participle running a red light, simple past ran a red light, past participle run a red light)

1. (literally) To drive past an illuminated red traffic light instead of stopping as indicated.
   • Corbett is convinced it was a systemic failure: "The Thames Train was driven by a rookie driver who had only just come into the job. It is, in fact, difficult to run through a red light, because you have to cancel the Automatic Warning System (AWS) and so on. But he continued for 700 yards and he...2026 March 4, Christian Wolmar, “Railtrack: what really happened”, in RAIL, number 1056, page 53

   Synonyms:

   run a stoplight. run a light