run a red light en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(literally) To drive past an illuminated red traffic light instead of stopping as indicated.
Corbett is convinced it was a systemic failure: "The Thames Train was driven by a rookie driver who had only just come into the job. It is, in fact, difficult to run through a red light, because you have to cancel the Automatic Warning System (AWS) and so on. But he continued for 700 yards and he accelerated, which no one understands why.
2026 March 4, Christian Wolmar, “Railtrack: what really happened”, in RAIL, number 1056, page 53:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ran a red light | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| runs a red light | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| running a red light | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| run a red light | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (19)
fr brûler un feu rouge (drive through traffic light) · lt važiuoti per raudoną (drive through traffic light) · fr griller un feu rouge (drive through traffic light) · fi ajaa päin punaisia (drive through traffic light) · es saltarse un semáforo en rojo (drive through traffic light) · no kjøre på rødt lys (drive through traffic light) · yue 衝紅燈 /冲红灯 (drive through traffic light) · cmn 闖紅燈 /闯红灯 (drive through traffic light) · uk їхати на червоний (drive through traffic light) · nl door rood rijden (drive through traffic light) · eo preterveturi ruĝan trafiklumon (drive through traffic light) · ru ехать на красный (drive through traffic light) · es pasarse la luz roja (drive through traffic light) · it passare con il rosso (drive through traffic light) · de eine rote Ampel überfahren (drive through traffic light) · da køre over for rødt (drive through traffic light) · de über eine rote Ampel fahren (drive through traffic light) · de über Rot fahren (drive through traffic light) · ur اِشارَہ توڑْنا (drive through traffic light)