Run and Watch

Run

Run verb - To look after and make decisions about.

Usage example: learning to run the family business

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

Nearby Word: running

Watch verb - To keep one's eyes on.

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Run and watch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Run" instead a verb "Watch".

Nearby Words: watchful, watched, watcher, watching

old	old run	old watch
good	good run	good watch
full	full run	full watch
better	better run	better watch
Other adjectives: fast, original, small, entire, real, big, new, early, last, previous.

life	run life	watch life
people	run people	watch people
race	run race	watch race
team	run team	watch team
Other words: series, show, way, world, program, version, credits, times, episodes.

The rise of home video also killed the second-run theater, as people who wanted to watch older movies could simply rent or buy them on VHS instead of going to a theater.

Source: Useful Notes / The '80s
Watch as Geop attempts a blind run, while his experienced friends capture the true spirit of the game and try to make poor Geop run into every trap and fear every fog door.

Source: Video Game / Dark Souls I aka: Dark Souls 1
More generally, there are several missions where your party has a character helpless and then watch as they run away, screaming how they'll get their revenge.

Source: Idiot Plot / Video Games

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