run along

verb

1. intr, adverb (often said patronizingly) to go away; leave

Idioms and Phrases

Go away, leave, as in I'll be running along now; I'm already late . This expression is also used as an imperative to tell someone to go away, as in Run along, children, I have work to do . [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

The Atacama Desert, which runs along the Pacific Coast in Chile, is the driest place on the planet and, largely because of that aridity, hostile to most living things.

From Science Daily

Israeli forces are required to be west of the so-called Alpha Line, while Syrian forces must be east of the Bravo Line, which runs along the other side of the AoS.

From BBC

The stunt coordinator was running along beside me the whole time to make sure that if I fell, he could catch me.

From Los Angeles Times

Prairie Avenue — where the connector is proposed to run along and which is the main route to SoFi, YouTube Theater, the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum — will not be closed, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

At the of the video, which lasts a few minutes, the man stands up and runs along Amelia Street.

From BBC

Related Words

• depart
• disengage
• drop out
• eliminate
• go
• leave
• pull back
• pull out
• quit
• retire
• retreat