on the run

Meaning

1. Oxford85% of films

   trying to avoid being captured

   I want her on the run with no place to turn

2. Oxford5% of films

   continuously active and moving around

In the movies · 30

• - [Gebczynski] I'm on the run. - What's happened?The Pianist2002
• Rogers is on the run. You got no friends.Black Widow2021
• I want her on the run with no place to turnFast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw2019
• On the run?The Lighthouse2019
• He's on the run!Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011
• found others on the runAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania2023
• On the run...Ghostbusters: Afterlife2021
• We have them on the runThe Favourite2018

From the same entry

• come running
• run for it
• up and running
• a close - run thing
• hit the ground running
• run across
• run after
• run after
• run along
• run around with
• run at
• run away

More idioms

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• at expense
• be good friends
• by comparison
• have a part
• have your doubts
• in theory
• make certain
• not just yet
• not later than
• in reality
• give a whirl