What does run scared mean?

run scared

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English

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"The campaign is in crisis mode: they are running scared and it is becoming obvious."
"You came to me when I was lonely / And no one cared / You made me see that I was only / Just running scared"

runs scared (present, singular) running scared (participle, present) ran scared (past)

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