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run to the hills

run to the hills verb: synonym of take to the hills, run for 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

Synonyms of run to the hills

Forms of run to the hills

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

Questions about run to the hills

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

Words near run to the hills in the dictionary

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

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