Run high
Be intense, as in Feelings are running high on the issue of raising taxes. This expression, first recorded in 1711, transfers the strong currents or tides that make for high waves to human concerns.
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- Runic
adjective 1. consisting of or set down in runes: runic inscriptions. 2. having some secret or mysterious meaning: runic rhyme. 3. (of ornamental knots, figures, etc.) of an interlaced form seen on ancient monuments, metalwork, etc., of the northern European peoples. 4. of the ancient Scandinavian class or type, as literature or poetry. jargon Obscure, […]
- Run-in
noun 1. a quarrel; argument. 2. Printing. matter that is added to a text, especially without indenting for a new paragraph. adjective 3. Printing. added to a text without indenting. run-in
- Run in the blood
Also, run in the family. Be characteristic of a family or passed on from one generation to the next, as in That happy-go-lucky trait runs in the blood, or Big ears run in the family. The first term dates from the early 1600s, the second from the late 1700s.
- Run into a buzz saw
run into a buzz saw