"run a red light" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-run a red light.ogg Forms: runs a red light [present, singular, third-person], running a red light [participle, present], ran a red light [past], run a red light [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> a red light}} run a red light (third-person singular simple present runs a red light, present participle running a red light, simple past ran a red light, past participle run a red light)
  1. To drive past an illuminated red traffic light instead of stopping as indicated. Translations (drive through traffic light): 衝紅燈 (Chinese Cantonese), 冲红灯 (english: cung¹ hung⁴ dang¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 闖紅燈 (Chinese Mandarin), 闯红灯 (chuǎng hóngdēng) (Chinese Mandarin), køre over for rødt (Danish), door rood rijden (Dutch), preterveturi ruĝan trafiklumon (Esperanto), brûler un feu rouge (French), griller un feu rouge (French), über Rot fahren (German), eine rote Ampel überfahren (note: more formal) (German), über eine rote Ampel fahren (German), passare con il rosso (Italian), važiuoti per raudoną (Lithuanian), kjøre på rødt lys (Norwegian), ехать на красный (jexatʹ na krasnyj) (Russian), pasarse la luz roja (Spanish), їхати на червоний (jixaty na červonyj) (Ukrainian), اِشارَہ توڑْنا (iśāra toṛnā) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-run_a_red_light-en-verb-X01xpB7V Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 39 13 5 29 13 Disambiguation of 'drive through traffic light': 82 7 1 7 4
  2. (idiomatic) To enter a restricted area; to trespass. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-run_a_red_light-en-verb-iPf88Bu4
  3. (idiomatic) To falsely accuse someone of wrongdoing. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-run_a_red_light-en-verb-4yX9GCQy
  4. (idiomatic) To pass a political bill that is clearly based on false premises. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-run_a_red_light-en-verb-N~Lf7Xjx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 19 3 37 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 15 8 36 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 21 4 38 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 9 4 46 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 26 12 7 38 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 21 11 5 47 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 14 10 37 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 25 10 7 40 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 17 9 35 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 13 8 40 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 23 22 9 31 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 11 8 43 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 26 14 7 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 26 12 7 38 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 11 8 43 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 10 7 44 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 26 12 7 38 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 26 11 7 39 17
  5. (idiomatic) To claim a position that one has not rightfully earned. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-run_a_red_light-en-verb-mtkYP-sK

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
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