"run interference" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs interference",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running interference",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran interference",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run interference",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "American English",
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      "glosses": [
        "To handle problems or remove obstacles for another person, especially for a person in authority"
      ],
      "id": "en-run_interference-en-verb-vgdRmAR3",
      "links": [
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          "problem",
          "problem"
        ],
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          "obstacle",
          "obstacle"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) To handle problems or remove obstacles for another person, especially for a person in authority"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "run interference"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "past participle of run interference"
      ],
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        [
          "run interference",
          "run interference#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "run interference"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs interference",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running interference",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran interference",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run interference",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "American English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To handle problems or remove obstacles for another person, especially for a person in authority"
      ],
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          "problem",
          "problem"
        ],
        [
          "obstacle",
          "obstacle"
        ]
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        "(US) To handle problems or remove obstacles for another person, especially for a person in authority"
      ],
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        "US"
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      ],
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      ],
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        "past participle of run interference"
      ],
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          "run interference#English"
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}