Idiom
run scared
Meaning
To be in a state of fearful alarm.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The small dog runs scared whenever it hears loud thunder.”
“The politician started to run scared after the latest polls showed his opponent gaining a significant lead.”
“Faced with the sudden collapse of their financial empire, the executives began to run scared, desperately seeking an exit strategy before the authorities arrived.”
Examples
simple
“The small dog runs scared whenever it hears loud thunder.”
contextual
“The politician started to run scared after the latest polls showed his opponent gaining a significant lead.”
complex
“Faced with the sudden collapse of their financial empire, the executives began to run scared, desperately seeking an exit strategy before the authorities arrived.”
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