phrasal verb · neutral
run with
/rʌn wɪð/RUN·with
task2speaking
accept an idea or suggestion and develop it further; also 'go along with' someone
Examples
“The team decided to run with her proposal and prepare a pilot study.”
“If you want to run with that design, we can draft a budget.”
“He tends to run with people who share his interests.”
Band 8 sentence
“After a short discussion we agreed to run with her proposal and allocate funds for a pilot.”
Collocations
- run with an idea/proposal
- run with a team
Word family
run with phrasal verbran with pastrunning with gerund
Common mistakes
follow→run with
go with→run with
Say it for a higher band
5follow→6go with→7+run with
Synonyms
take forward
Easily confused
take forward
“We decided to take the project forward next month.”
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