rat run
To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roadsTo drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.
» A rat ran across the road.
Eine Ratte lief über die Straße. — samueldora
Дорогу перебежала крыса. — marafon
Дорогу перебіг щур. — deniko
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1 senses(idiomatic)To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.
Examples
5 sentencesA rat ran across the road.
Дорогу перебіг щур. — deniko
ruДорогу перебежала крыса. — marafon
deEine Ratte lief über die Straße. — samueldora
Tom saw a large rat run across the street.
ruТом увидел, как дорогу переходит огромная крыса. — marafon
deTom sah eine große Ratte über die Straße laufen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Seeing a rat run across the floor made me never ever want to eat there again.
Ziri's kitchen was filthy and had rats running around.
There are times when I just want to explode into a horde of rats and run off into the wilderness.
Forms
rat runs, rat running, rat ran, rat runSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.