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run for the hills

run for the hills verb: to flee.

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.

Forms of run for the hills

third-person singular presentruns for the hills
present participlerunning for the hills
pastran for the hills
past participlerun for the hills

Questions about run for the hills

What does run for the hills mean?
Run for the hills means to flee.
What part of speech is run for the hills?
Run for the hills is a verb.
What is the past tense of run for the hills?
The past tense of run for the hills is ran for the hills.

Words near run for the hills in the dictionary

  1. run for cover
  2. run for it
  3. run for one's life
  4. run for one's money
  5. run for the exercise
  6. run for the hills
  7. run for the money
  8. run for the roses
  9. run from the tongue
  10. run game
  11. run game on

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