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running by

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

Meaning of run by

Verb

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

  1. (ditransitive) To inform briefly of the main points of; to bring an idea or proposal to the attention of (especially in order to obtain their opinion of it).
    • Let me run that idea by the board before we spend too much time on it.
    Synonyms:
    run past
  2. (transitive) To briefly stop at a location for a particular purpose.
    • Can you run by the store for milk?
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, by.

Questions about running by

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

Words near running by in the dictionary

  1. running behind
  2. running block
  3. running blocks
  4. running board
  5. running boards
  6. running by
  7. running circles around
  8. running commentaries
  9. running commentary
  10. running counter
  11. running coupling

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