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1 gain on
(to get or come closer to (a person, thing etc that one is chasing): Drive faster - the police car is gaining on us.) πλησιάζω -
2 run
1. present participle - running; verb1) ((of a person or animal) to move quickly, faster than walking: He ran down the road.) τρέχω2) (to move smoothly: Trains run on rails.) κυλώ3) ((of water etc) to flow: Rivers run to the sea; The tap is running.) κυλώ, ρέω, τρέχω4) ((of a machine etc) to work or operate: The engine is running; He ran the motor to see if it was working.) δουλεύω5) (to organize or manage: He runs the business very efficiently.) διευθύνω, διαχειρίζομαι, κουμαντάρω6) (to race: Is your horse running this afternoon?) τρέχω σε αγώνα7) ((of buses, trains etc) to travel regularly: The buses run every half hour; The train is running late.) κάνω δρομολόγιο8) (to last or continue; to go on: The play ran for six weeks.) διαρκώ9) (to own and use, especially of cars: He runs a Rolls Royce.) οδηγώ10) ((of colour) to spread: When I washed my new dress the colour ran.) ξεβάφω11) (to drive (someone); to give (someone) a lift: He ran me to the station.) πηγαίνω με το αυτοκίνητο12) (to move (something): She ran her fingers through his hair; He ran his eyes over the letter.) περνώ13) ((in certain phrases) to be or become: The river ran dry; My blood ran cold (= I was afraid).) γίνομαι2. noun1) (the act of running: He went for a run before breakfast.)2) (a trip or drive: We went for a run in the country.)3) (a length of time (for which something continues): He's had a run of bad luck.)4) (a ladder (in a stocking etc): I've got a run in my tights.)5) (the free use (of a place): He gave me the run of his house.)6) (in cricket, a batsman's act of running from one end of the wicket to the other, representing a single score: He scored/made 50 runs for his team.)7) (an enclosure or pen: a chicken-run.)•- runner- running 3. adverb(one after another; continuously: We travelled for four days running.) συνεχώς- runny- runaway
- rundown
- runner-up
- runway
- in
- out of the running
- on the run
- run across
- run after
- run aground
- run along
- run away
- run down
- run for
- run for it
- run in
- run into
- run its course
- run off
- run out
- run over
- run a temperature
- run through
- run to
- run up
- run wild -
3 spur
[spə:]1) (a small instrument with a sharp point or points that a rider wears on his heels and digs into the horse's sides to make it go faster.) σπιρούνι2) (anything that urges a person to make greater efforts: He was driven on by the spur of ambition.) κίνητρο,κέντρισμα•- spur on -
4 spur on
(to urge a horse to go faster, using spurs, or a person to make greater efforts: He spurred his horse on; The thought of the prize spurred her on.) κεντρίζω,παρακινώ
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