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running along

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

Meaning of run along

Verb

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

  1. To leave; to make one's way somewhere else.
    • Well, I must be running along now or I'll be late for supper.

Questions about running along

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

Words near running along in the dictionary

  1. running afoul of
  2. running after
  3. running against
  4. running aground
  5. running ahead
  6. running along
  7. running amok
  8. running amuck
  9. running an errand
  10. running and gunning
  11. running and racing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running along (page history and authors); run along (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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