Idiom
run a temperature
Meaning
To have a fever.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“My son is running a temperature today.”
“The doctor told me to stay home because I am running a temperature.”
“After the long hike in the rain, she realized she was running a temperature and decided to rest for the remainder of the trip.”
Examples
simple
“My son is running a temperature today.”
contextual
“The doctor told me to stay home because I am running a temperature.”
complex
“After the long hike in the rain, she realized she was running a temperature and decided to rest for the remainder of the trip.”
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