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running against

running against is the present participle and gerund of run against.

Meaning of run against

Verb

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

  1. (literally, transitive) To compete with (someone) in an election.
    • I don't want to run against him for the governorship.
  2. (transitive) To negatively effect (someone or something); to experience a conflict regarding (something); to run up against (something).
    • The game is running against my team.

Questions about running against

What is running against the present participle and gerund of?
Running against is the present participle and gerund of run against.

Words near running against in the dictionary

  1. running about with
  2. running across
  3. running adrift
  4. running afoul of
  5. running after
  6. running against
  7. running aground
  8. running ahead
  9. running along
  10. running amok
  11. running amuck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running against (page history and authors); run against (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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