Synonyms for run for
run for

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1. run, run forverb

   extend or continue for a certain period of time

   "The film runs 5 hours"

   Synonyms:
   course, operate, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, run away, move, turn tail, range, run, guide, function, lead, lam, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, lean, play, die hard, race, pass, black market, persist, incline, draw, hightail it, be given, prevail, campaign, tend, escape, ladder, ply, melt

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1. Barack Obama:

   I’m not planning to get involved in many elections now that I don’t have to run for office again, but the French election is very important to the future of France and the values that we care so much about.

2. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

   I actually think about what it would be to be president, so if you ever notice when people run for president, they make lots of promises and they never keep them. ... And you know why? Because they make promises they can't keep because they don't know any better.

3. Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore:

   I think I could help the country, i want to run for office in order to help people get back to work again, get wages improving, get people off this part time gig that they're on, get people off of food stamps ... We need to get people employed so they can be more independent.

4. David McCormick:

   I haven’t decided yet on 2024. I’m thinking about it, you run for office … because you think you have something to contribute. You think it’s a moment where you might be able to serve, and if you lose, that motivation doesn’t necessarily go away.

5. Ben Carson:

   Not advocating they run for president in no way precludes them from running.