RUN ALONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does run along mean? 

• RUN ALONG (verb)
  The verb RUN ALONG has 1 sense:

1. be in line with; form a line along

  Familiarity information: RUN ALONG used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUN ALONG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be in line with; form a line along

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

line; run along

Context example:

trees line the riverbank

Hypernyms (to "run along" is one way to...):

lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "run along"):

rim (run around the rim of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

"That's all right, old fellow, you just run along home," ran the talk.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

No, dear, run along, and bring me some coffee.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

These ridges run along the ocean floor, where they generate new ocean crust.

(Earth's mantle looks like a painting, National Science Foundation)

"Now run along and get some candy, and don't forget to give some to your brothers and sisters. Be sure and get the kind that lasts longest."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Two sets of interossei muscles (dorsal and palmar) that run along the metacarpal bones in the hand controlling the movement of the fingers.

(Hand Interosseous Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

Two sets of interossei muscles (dorsal and plantar) that run along the metatarsal bones in the foot controlling the movement of the toes.

(Foot Interosseous Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

The half-breed was descending on the farther side of the pinnacle; but before he could reach the ground Lord John had run along the edge of the plateau and gained a point from which he could see his man.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now run along.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)