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run interference

run interference verb: to handle problems or remove obstacles for another person, especially for a person in authority.

Verb

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

  1. (US) To handle problems or remove obstacles for another person, especially for a person in authority

Forms of run interference

third-person singular presentruns interference
present participlerunning interference
pastran interference
past participlerun interference

Questions about run interference

What does run interference mean?
Run interference means to handle problems or remove obstacles for another person, especially for a person in authority.
What part of speech is run interference?
Run interference is a verb.
What is the past tense of run interference?
The past tense of run interference is ran interference.

Words near run interference in the dictionary

  1. run in
  2. run in circles
  3. run in the family
  4. run in with
  5. run ins
  6. run interference
  7. run into
  8. run into a brick wall
  9. run into one
  10. run into the ground
  11. run it up

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