Word info

run with

Verb

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run,‎ with.
The thief was running with the purse in his hands.

To follow something through to completion or realization.

(US, informal) To be a member of (a gang, hooligan firm, etc.); to associate with a, typically disreputable, individual or group.

To be streaming with a fluid.
After a long run, his face was running with sweat.
The streets were running with rain water.

To take an incomplete or inadequate (plan, text, etc.) and develop it further, often with the implication of carelessness.
They took this three-second sound bite and ran with it to try to smear me.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads. Phil Lesh

I think it is important for all those young out there, who someday hope to play real football, where you throw it and kick it and run with it and put it in your hands, a distinction should be made that football is democratic, capitalism, whereas soccer is a European socialist sport. Jack Kemp

Many have been with the show for years, and they have sources in the business, so we do know things, but until it is verified, we don't run with the story. Mary Hart

May your enemies run with fear. Klingon Proverb

You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. Nigerian Proverb

One cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. English Proverb

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