Run and Spur

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Run

Run verb - To urge, push, or force onward.
Usage example: they ran the horses hard in order to get to the ranch quickly
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Spur and run are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spur" instead a verb "Run".
Nearby Word: running

Spur

Spur verb - To urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object.
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Run and spur are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Run" instead a verb "Spur".
Nearby Words: spurn, spurt, spurred, spurring

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How words are described

short short run short spur
single single run single spur
big big run big spur
little little run little spur
Other adjectives: main.

Common collocations

people run people spur people
team run team spur team
series run series spur series
army run army spur army
Other words: world.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Psycho Stealing from the Till: Marion makes a crazy spur-of-the-moment decision to run off from the bank she works at with forty grand.
    Source: Film / Psycho
  • Although this story generally has a good deal of planning by fanfic standards, the author will sometimes run with spur of the moment ideas, especially in ancillary scenes.
    Source: Writing by the Seat of Your Pants
  • Video Game / Cave Story The downside is that if you get used to moving around like this, doing a run with the Snake or the Spur is so much harder.
    Source: Video Game / Cave Story
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