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running for the exercise

running for the exercise is the present participle and gerund of run for the exercise.

Meaning of run for the exercise

Verb

run for the exercise (third-person singular simple present runs for the exercise, present participle running for the exercise, simple past ran for the exercise, past participle run for the exercise)

  1. (US, colloquial, simile) To run for political office with little chance of success.
    • [I]f Rockefeller wanted to run for the exercise, [Democrats] reasoned, let him kill himself off and clear the way for a more regular Republican in the next election.1959, Candidates 1960 "xxx", Nelson. A Rockefeller, page 53
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, exercise.

Questions about running for the exercise

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

Words near running for the exercise in the dictionary

  1. running footman
  2. running footmen
  3. running for cover
  4. running for it
  5. running for one's life
  6. running for the exercise
  7. running for the hills
  8. running from the tongue
  9. running gag
  10. running gags
  11. running game

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