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Meanings of run a race in English

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Usage of run a race in English
1
They are professedly civil to it, and run a race with it.
The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated / In Nine Disco...
2
After a while he said to Ka-wate, We will run a race.
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest
3
It is those who haven't run a race who cannot ride back.
The Judgment House
4
Let's run a race and see who'll get to the bed first.
Anne of Green Gables
5
The distance is thirty miles, and we must run a race against death.
California Sketches, New Series
6
Her bosom rising and falling as if she had just run a race.
Wizard and glass
7
After that we shall have some of the Indian women run a race.
A Little Girl in Old Detroit
8
The listener was panting as if she had run a race.
Our Friend the Charlatan
9
We must watch the clouds, and run a race with them.
The Wreck
10
She and Death had run a race together, and she had been beaten.
Mary Gray
11
You'd like to have me run a race with your bullets.
In the Days of Poor Richard
12
She was breathing quickly, like one who has run a race.
A People's Man
13
To-night, be yonder stranger who she may, we run a race.
Sir Ludar / A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess
14
You rejoice as a strong man to run a race, my dear sir.
The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise
15
My breath is all right now, and I'll run a race with anybody.
The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border
16
However, I'll gladly run a race with you to prove what I say.
Fairy Tales from Brazil: How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-L...
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