"run a red light" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-run a red light.ogg [Australia] 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): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 13 13 22 26 Disambiguation of 'drive through traffic light': 81 6 3 5 5
  2. (idiomatic) To enter a restricted area; to trespass. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-run_a_red_light-en-verb-iPf88Bu4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 13 13 22 26
  3. (idiomatic) To falsely accuse someone of wrongdoing. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-run_a_red_light-en-verb-4yX9GCQy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 13 13 22 26
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 13 13 22 26
  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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 13 13 22 26

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
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      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
      "word": "闯红灯"
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      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
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      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
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      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
      "word": "brûler un feu rouge"
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      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
      "word": "griller un feu rouge"
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      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
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      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
      "word": "eine rote Ampel überfahren"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
      "word": "über eine rote Ampel fahren"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
      "word": "passare con il rosso"
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      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
      "word": "važiuoti per raudoną"
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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
      "word": "kjøre på rødt lys"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jexatʹ na krasnyj",
      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
      "word": "ехать на красный"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
      "word": "pasarse la luz roja"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jixaty na červonyj",
      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
      "word": "їхати на червоний"
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      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "iśāra toṛnā",
      "sense": "drive through traffic light",
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