"come running" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: comes running [present, singular, third-person], coming running [participle, present], came running [past], come running [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> running}} come running (third-person singular simple present comes running, present participle coming running, simple past came running, past participle come running)
  1. To run towards somebody.
    Sense id: en-come_running-en-verb-vOUfMJ9w
  2. To come quickly to somebody's aid or assistance.
    Sense id: en-come_running-en-verb-aaMZvY-d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for come running meaning in English (1.7kB)

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