run for

1. 1.

   extend or continue for a certain period of time

   “The film runs 5 hours”

   Synonymsrun

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Questions about run for

What does run for mean?

run for means "extend or continue for a certain period of time".

What is another word for run for?

Close synonyms include run. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is run for a common word?

run for is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.