Meaning

2 senses

  1. (ditransitive, idiomatic)To bring an idea or proposal to the attention of (someone) in order to obtain their opinion.

    Let me run that idea past the boss before we spend too much time on it.

  2. (intransitive)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, past.

Examples

35 sentences

  1. Tom ran past Mary.

    Том пробіг повз Мері. — deniko

    ruТом пробежал мимо Мэри. — sharptoothed

    deTom rannte an Mary vorbei. — pullnosemans

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  2. The road runs right past my house.

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  3. Tom ran past Mary, without even looking at her.

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  4. They ran past Tom.

    ruОни пробежали мимо Тома. — alik_farber

    deSie rannten an Tom vorbei. — Jan_Schreiber

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  5. I ran past Tom.

    deIch lief an Tom vorbei. — mramosch

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Forms

runs past, running past, ran past, run past
Base formrun past · to run past
3rd person singularruns past
Present participlerunning past
Past simpleran past
Past participlerun past

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun past
he, she, itruns past

Past simpleLesson

all personsran past

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run past
he, she, ithas run past

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run past

Synonyms

1 synonyms
run by

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rumplerunA1runawayB1rundownrune
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