verb phrase / idiom · informal
run a fever
UK/rʌn ə ˈfiːvə(r)/US/rʌn ə ˈfiːvər/run a FE·ver
speakingtask1
to have a raised body temperature; to be feverish
Examples
“She has been running a fever since last night.”
“If your child is running a fever, keep them home from school.”
“He ran a high fever after the infection.”
Band 8 sentence
“The study noted that children who run high fevers in the first week after infection tended to recover more slowly.”
Collocations
- run a high fever
- run a low-grade fever
Word family
run verbfever noun
Common mistakes
I run fever yesterday.→I ran a fever yesterday.
He is running fever.→He is running a fever.
Say it for a higher band
5be sick→6have a fever→7+run a fever
Synonyms
have a fever
be feverish
Easily confused
have a fever
“The patient had a fever for three days.”
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