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Definition of "run a red light" []

  • To pass through the traffic light when the red light is on. (verb)
  • To enter a restricted area. To trespass. (verb)
  • To falsely accuse someone of wrongdoing. (verb)
  • To pass a political bill that is clearly based on false premises. (verb)
  • To claim a position that one does not rightfully earn. (verb)

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Use "run a red light" in a sentence
  • "Why did Andrew Thomas Gallo, an allegedly drunk twenty-year-old motorist with a suspended license, run a red light in his red minivan and blindside the Mitsubishi, driving it into a telephone pole, and then try to leave the scene of the crime?"