run scared

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

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.

   The campaign is in crisis mode: they are running scared and it is becoming obvious.

   • 1981 June, William King, Harold Hudson, Shirley Hanna-King, “Lady (You Bring Me Up)” (track 1), in In the Pocket, performed by Commodores:

     You came to me when I was lonely / And no one cared / You made me see that I was only / Just running scared

Translations

to be in a state of fearful alarm

• French: courir en fuite
• German: es langsam mit der Angst zu tun kriegen, Angst bekommen

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• Cunarders, Durrances, undercars, unscarred