Meaning

verb move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

noun a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

verb flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

originFrom Middle English runnen, rennen (“to run”), alteration (due to the past participle runne, runnen, yronne) of Middle English rinnen (“to run”), from Old English rinnan, iernan (“to run”) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”), both from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to boil, churn”). Cognate with Scots rin (“to run”), West Frisian rinne (“to walk, march”),…

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