Engage and Run

Engage

Engage verb - To hold the attention of.

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Run and engage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Run" instead a verb "Engage".

Nearby Words: engagement, engaging, engagingly

Run verb - To go at a pace faster than a walk.

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Engage and run are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Engage" instead a verb "Run".

Nearby Word: running

company	engage company	run company
army	engage army	run army
way	engage way	run way
boss	engage boss	run boss
Other words: ship, times, attacks, enemies.

Then again, the Borg never seem to run or engage in hand-to-hand combat, so it may work.

Source: Combat Stilettos
When Simba finally tries to use the same words against Scar that he used against Simba (to "run away and never return"), instead of complying, proceeds to engage in an epic battle with Simba.

Source: Moral Event Horizon / Animated Film
If you engage in a gang war, sometimes the enemy gang members will run down to the end of the block just to do a U-turn and run on the other side of the sidewalk.

Source: Video Game / Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

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Run and Engage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/engage/run

Engage & Run. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/engage/run>.

Run or Engage. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/engage/run.

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