run late

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run late

verb runs late · running late · ran late · run late

idiomatic, used in the present participle To be late; to fail to be on time. When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early.

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Español	atrasarse, lerdear, retrasarse, demorarse
Deutsch	spät dran sein

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@misc{run_late_2026,
  title = {run late},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/run%20late},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}