run

Naija

From: English run

Make person carry leg move with speed from one place go reach another place
- Run! Popo don show with gun, dem go shoot us if we no take off sharp sharp. — (NSC__Abonyi_2020, Run! The police have arrived with guns; they will shoot us if we do not run at once.)
- Tori be say some of di officers fire shots and pipo run for dia life. — (bbc__95319, The story is that some of the officers fired shots and people ran for dear lives)
Di referees bin show Okagbare-Ighotegunor red card afta she begin run before dem blow whistle. — (bbc__37808, __no translation__)
- As e enter, na so all of us run. — (ABJ_INF_09b_Old-Time-School_M__57, As soon as she entered, we all ran away.)
Sey person no gree do someting wey no good
- Wetin go help us run from sex wey no clean for God eye? — (jw__42134, What will help us avoid unclean sex in God's eye?)
- E good make students wey de do WAEC run from any kind bullet. — (NSC__Abonyi_2020, It is good that students sitting for WAEC avoid all forms of examination malpractice.)
Make person escape comot from somewhere or someting
- This kain behaviour don show say she be person wen fit run. — (bbc__6311, This kind of behaviour has revealed that she is one who is likely to abscond.)
- Joseph and Mary carry their pikin run go Egypt that night, dem no waste time. — (jw__21516, Joseph and Mary escaped with their child to Egypt that night, they didn't tarry.)

Make person dey control somewhere or someting
- Government tire as de no know who dey run di protest for everywhere for di country. — (NSC__Abonyi_2020, The government is confused as to who is in charge of the protest going on in different parts of the country.)
- Nowadays e be like say na woman come dey run house sake of sey many don begin work office work. — (NSC__Abonyi_2020, These days it looks as if the woman is the one who runs the home as many of them have started entering the corporate workplace.)
- For Nigeria sports, na di men dem dey run things. — (bbc__50513, In Nigeria sports it is the men who are in charge.)
Sey person carry someting from place go another place
- I have package to run. — (JOS_40_Travelling-On-Nigerian-Roads_DG__82, I have a package to deliver.)

Make person dey use mouth talk anyhow
You still dey make your mouth dey run like sey… — (NST_cleaned__14891, You are still running your mouth)