idiom · neutral

run a temperature

UK/rʌn ə ˈtɛmprətʃə/US/rʌn ə ˈtɛmprətʃər/run a TEM·per·A·TURE

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to have a fever

Examples

“The child started to run a temperature in the evening.”

“If you run a temperature you should rest and see a doctor.”

“She ran a high temperature for two days after the infection.”

Band 8 sentence

“She began to run a temperature the night after the trip and had to cancel her meetings the next day.”

Collocations

  • run a high temperature
  • start to run a temperature

Word family

run a temperature idiom/verb phraserun a high temperature verb phrase

Common mistakes

I have temperature.→I have a temperature. / I am running a temperature.

She run temperature yesterday.→She ran a temperature yesterday.

Say it for a higher band

5have a fever→6have a temperature→7+run a temperature

Synonyms

have a fever

Easily confused

have a fever

“He woke up feeling unwell and had a fever.”

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