Definition
to run (a business, a company): to operate, to direct, to oversee, to manage (a business, a company)
My cousin runs a small surf shop in Santa Cruz. He started there as an employee and now, 20 years later, he owns the place.
to run (a test): to do, to carry out, to execute (a test)
The doctor has to run a few tests before I can leave the hospital. He needs to see if I'm diabetic.
- "It would seem that Bruno Delavigne is hardly fit to run a company."
- "Run by me: Harold Percy Warbuckle."
- "Make it quick, I've got an army to run!"
- "For example, what if I told you that I was an anarchist who believes that government should be abolished and the country should be run by militias?"
- "Discount cosmetic products, run by a crazy guy, something like that?"
- "Listen to this quote: "Bruno Delavigne is hardly fit to run a company."
- "Wang owns 51% of the shares, run by older brother Kwon)"
- "A British bank is run with precision."
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