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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

make the running en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To have a leading or influential position in a field or activity; to be more active than others.
    • He added: "In this period if you looked at the western world and asked who is making the running, from the point of view of modern society and particularly in terms of liberty, it would be Britain and we forget that. Britain is absolutely the model of the future." 2014 April 7, Mark Brown, “Royal art show, The First Georgians, to open at Buckingham Palace”, in The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
makes the running Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
make all the running alternative lexicographic
made the running Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
made the running Tense=Past lexicographic
making the running Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Synonyms

set the pace