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runs against

runs against is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run against.

Meaning of run against

Verb

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

  1. (literally, transitive) To compete with (someone) in an election.
    • I don't want to run against him for the governorship.
  2. (transitive) To negatively effect (someone or something); to experience a conflict regarding (something); to run up against (something).
    • The game is running against my team.

Questions about runs against

What is runs against the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs against is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run against.

Words near runs against in the dictionary

  1. runs about with
  2. runs across
  3. runs adrift
  4. runs afoul of
  5. runs after
  6. runs against
  7. runs aground
  8. runs ahead
  9. runs along
  10. runs amok
  11. runs amuck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: runs against (page history and authors); run against (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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