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run for
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb run for has 1 sense
- run for(v = verb.stative) run - extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours" is one way to endure, last
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
THESAURUS
run for
approach anchorage, bear down on, bear down upon, bear for, bear up for, bear up to, break for, close with, dash for, fetch, go aboard, go alongside, go for, hit for, lay aboard, lay for, lay in, lie in, make, make at, make for, make up to, put away for, put in, put into port, reach, sail for, set out for, stand for, steer for, steer toward
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