Follow and Run

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Follow verb - To go after or on the track of.

Usage example: let's follow the boys to their hiding place

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Run is a synonym for follow in come in topic. In some cases you can use "Run" instead a verb "Follow", when it comes to topics like pass by.

Nearby Words: following, follower, followed

Run verb - To be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction.

Usage example: the road runs along the river for a while

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Follow is a synonym for run in come in topic. Sometimes you can use "Follow" instead a verb "Run", if it concerns topics such as pass by.

Nearby Word: running

life	follow life	run life
people	follow people	run people
system	follow system	run system
series	follow series	run series
Other words: way, money, game, story, car.

David Simon's follow-up, Treme has been chugging along in relative obscurity, which is admittedly what The Wire did for most of its run as well.

Source: Tough Act to Follow
Yoruichi, being a former captain, should have realized it'd be impossible for them to run from any captain that actually cared to follow.

Source: Run or Die
There's an extra hundred in it for you if you follow him so close that you run him over." After failing to do so, Gore comments "Dang.

Source: Follow That Car

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