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running high

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

Meaning of run high

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) Of a river, to experience a strong current and be full and close to overflowing.
  2. (idiomatic) To become very angry or emotional about something.

Questions about running high

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

Words near running high in the dictionary

  1. running heading
  2. running headings
  3. running headline
  4. running headlines
  5. running heads
  6. running high
  7. running hot
  8. running hot and cold
  9. running hyena
  10. running in
  11. running in the family

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