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running at

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

Meaning of run at

Verb

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

  1. To charge at (someone); to advance on (someone) as though to attack; to conduct a surprise attack on (someone).

Questions about running at

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

Words near running at in the dictionary

  1. running around
  2. running around after
  3. running around like a chicken with its head cut off
  4. running around with
  5. running around with one's hair on fire
  6. running at
  7. running at the mouth
  8. running away
  9. running away from
  10. running away together
  11. running away with

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