phrasal verb · neutral
run together
UK/rʌn təˈɡeðə/US/rʌn təˈɡɛðər/run·to·GETH·er
speakingtask2
to be mixed so that it is hard to tell things apart or for events to blur together
Examples
“The dates in my planner run together — I can't remember which meeting was which.”
“If you write too quickly the letters may run together.”
“After weeks of travel the days just ran together.”
Band 8 sentence
“After a month of back-to-back interviews, the days just ran together and I lost track of time.”
Collocations
- dates run together
- ideas run together
- letters run together
Word family
run verbtogether adverb
Common mistakes
run into→run together
run together (use as adjective without context)→run together (use in full clause)
Say it for a higher band
5mix up→6overlap→7+run together
Synonyms
overlap
blend
Easily confused
overlap
“The two events overlapped, so their details ran together in my mind.”
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