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runs for the exercise

runs for the exercise is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 runs for the exercise

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

Words near runs for the exercise in the dictionary

  1. runs dry
  2. runs errands
  3. runs for cover
  4. runs for it
  5. runs for one's life
  6. runs for the exercise
  7. runs for the hills
  8. runs for the roses
  9. runs from the tongue
  10. runs game
  11. runs game on

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