on the run

phrase

1
: in haste : without pausing
ate lunch on the run
2
: in retreat : in flight (as from the law)
an escaped convict on the run

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When a child goes missing, a vehicle is stolen, or a violent suspect is on the run, every minute matters. — State Rep. Greg Howard, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026 Realizing that there was potentially a shooter on the run, Bagley reviewed surveillance footage and searched for more evidence, later finding a shoe print near the northeast side of the building. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 July 2026 Fadel Shaker had surrendered after 12 years on the run last October, giving himself up to the Lebanese military intelligence service after hiding in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the port city of Sidon. — ABC News, 8 July 2026 But the con artist on the run, chasing freedom, never quite able to let go of the life she was born into, contains so much of the woman who raised me. — Marissa Stapley, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for on the run

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