How words are described
| good | good run | good stab |
| long | long run | long stab |
| particular | particular run | particular stab |
| brief | brief run | brief stab |
| Other adjectives: standard, original, initial, true, straight, single, deep, wild, actual, big, great, serious, bad, quick, decent, final, later, next, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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He can literally run out, stab someone in front of dozens of people, run back into cover, and no one will know what's going on.
Source: Magical Native American - Sure, run-in-stab-and-run-away isn't as much fun as Indignation, but it will kill basically anyone and anything given enough time.
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In an Alternate Universe detective episode of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, while investigating a multiple homocide, Nozomu witnesses the girls run out of kitchen with knives and repeatedly stab something lying on the yard.
Source: Stab the Salad
Cite this Source
Stab and Run. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/stab
Run & Stab. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/stab>.
Stab or Run. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/stab.
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