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Urge
Urge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.
How words are described
| long | long run | long urge |
| regular | regular run | regular urge |
| real | real run | real urge |
| big | big run | big urge |
| Other adjectives: great, new, desperate, last, previous. | ||
Common collocations
| people | run people | urge people |
| course | run course | urge course |
| government | run government | urge government |
Both words in one sentence
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And then after he pins you, he'll run off to the woods of Minnesota for a few months until he feels the urge to kill again.
Source: Wrestling / Brock Lesnar -
There's also Precious the evil cat when she announces her plans for world domination she'll get distracted by round shiny things or feel the urge to run around the house for no particular reason.
Source: Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny! -
There is one point in a run of Teen Titans when Beast Boy resists the urge to wake Raven because of this.
Source: Beautiful Dreamer
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Urge or Run. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/run/urge.
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