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running interference

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

Meaning of run interference

Verb

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

  1. (US) To handle problems or remove obstacles for another person, especially for a person in authority

Questions about running interference

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

Words near running interference in the dictionary

  1. running hot and cold
  2. running hyena
  3. running in
  4. running in the family
  5. running in with
  6. running interference
  7. running into
  8. running into a brick wall
  9. running into one
  10. running into the ground
  11. running iron

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