How could we use the verb run as an transitive verb in a sentence?
I really can't imagine how the verb run in a sentence could ask to the question what or whom.
Thank you.I suppose that the verb run as a meaning of physical movement doesn't used as a transitive verb in sentence.

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How could we use the verb run as an transitive verb in a sentence?
I really can't imagine how the verb run in a sentence could ask to the question what or whom.
Thank you.I suppose that the verb run as a meaning of physical movement doesn't used as a transitive verb in sentence.

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Who runs this business?
Who runs the country?

= governs, manages, organises, oversees

Who ran the dishwasher last night?
= set in motion

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This link provides seventeen basic options for "run" as a transitive verb:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/run

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Using meanings related to "move swiftly on foot," we can say:

Psychologist sometimes run rats through mazes.

She is training to run a marathon.

The fox ran the hunters a long chase.