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running behind: late
→ Her alarm clock didn’t wake her on time, so she was running behind.
running the show: being in charge
→ He spent so much time working at the food pantry that he was soon running the show when the leader became sick.
running scared: being worried that you’ll lose at something
→ After they lost two games to the Colorado Rockies, the Philadelphia Phillies were running scared in the baseball series.
run it by me again: repeat something
→ I didn’t hear what the speaker said about my car. Can you run it by me again?
running around in circles: seeming to be doing a lot of activity, but not getting anything accomplished
→ Instead of concentrating on one job at a time, she tried to do everything at once and was just running around in circles.
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