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run out of town

run out of town verb: to force someone out of a place or a position.

Verb

run out of town (third-person singular simple present runs out of town, present participle running out of town, simple past ran out of town, past participle run out of town)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To force someone out of a place or a position.

Forms of run out of town

third-person singular presentruns out of town
present participlerunning out of town
pastran out of town
past participlerun out of town

Questions about run out of town

What does run out of town mean?
Run out of town means to force someone out of a place or a position.
What part of speech is run out of town?
Run out of town is a verb.
What is the past tense of run out of town?
The past tense of run out of town is ran out of town.

Words near run out of town in the dictionary

  1. run one's name
  2. run out
  3. run out of gas
  4. run out of road
  5. run out of steam
  6. run out of town
  7. run out on
  8. run out the clock
  9. run outs
  10. run over
  11. run past

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