"run scared" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-run scared.ogg [Australia] Forms: runs scared [present, singular, third-person], running scared [participle, present], ran scared [past], run scared [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> scared}} run scared (third-person singular simple present runs scared, present participle running scared, simple past ran scared, past participle run scared)
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be in a state of fearful alarm. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to be in a state of fearful alarm): courir en fuite (French), es langsam mit der Angst zu tun kriegen (German), Angst bekommen (German)
    Sense id: en-run_scared-en-verb-F6MEPyxP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for run scared meaning in English (1.8kB)

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