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run a red light (third-person singular simple present runs a red light, present participle running a red light, simple past ran a red light, past participle run a red light)

  1. (literally, automotive, road transport) To drive past an illuminated red traffic light instead of stopping as indicated.

Synonyms

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  • run a stoplight. run a light

Translations

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  • Chinese: Cantonese: 衝紅燈 / 冲红灯 (cung1 hung4 dang1) Mandarin: 闖紅燈 / 闯红灯 (zh) (chuǎng hóngdēng)
  • Danish: køre over for rødt
  • Dutch: door rood rijden
  • Esperanto: preterveturi ruĝan trafiklumon
  • Finnish: ajaa päin punaisia
  • French: brûler un feu rouge (fr), griller un feu rouge (fr)
  • German: über Rot fahren, (more formal) eine rote Ampel überfahren, über eine rote Ampel fahren
  • Greek: περνάω με κόκκινο (pernáo me kókkino, literally to pass with a red)
  • Italian: passare con il rosso
  • Lithuanian: važiuoti per raudoną
  • Norwegian: kjøre på rødt lys
  • Russian: ехать на красный (jexatʹ na krasnyj)
  • Spanish: pasarse la luz roja, saltarse un semáforo en rojo
  • Ukrainian: їхати на червоний (jixaty na červonyj)
  • Urdu: اِشارَہ توڑْنا (iśāra toṛnā)

References

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  • “run a red light”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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