run a red light
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To drive past an illuminated red traffic light instead of stopping as indicated.
Example Sentences
- "Corbett is convinced it was a systemic failure: "The Thames Train was driven by a rookie driver who had only just come into the job. It is, in fact, difficult to run through a red light, because you have to cancel the Automatic Warning System (AWS) and so on. But he continued for 700 yards and he accelerated, which no one understands why."
Inflected Forms
runs a red light (present, singular)
running a red light (participle, present)
ran a red light (past)
Synonyms
run a stoplight. run a light