Synonyms for Be the running:

• v.

  • compete
  • attempt
  ,
  • bandy
  ,
  • battle
  ,
  • be in the running
  ,
  • bid
  ,
  • challenge
  ,
  • clash
  ,
  • collide
  ,
  • contend
  ,
  • contest
  ,
  • cope with
  ,
  • emulate
  ,
  • encounter
  ,
  • essay
  ,
  • face
  ,
  • fence
  ,
  • fight
  ,
  • go after
  ,
  • go for
  ,
  • go for broke
  ,
  • go for the gold
  ,
  • grapple
  ,
  • in the hunt
  ,
  • jockey for position
  ,
  • joust
  ,
  • lock horns
  ,
  • match strength
  ,
  • match wits
  ,
  • oppose
  ,
  • participate in
  ,
  • pit oneself against
  ,
  • play
  ,
  • rival
  ,
  • run for
  ,
  • scramble for
  ,
  • seek prize
  ,
  • spar
  ,
  • strive
  ,
  • struggle
  ,
  • take on
  ,
  • take part
  ,
  • tilt
  ,
  • try
  ,
  • tussle
  ,
  • vie
  ,
  • wrestle
  .

• Other relevant words:

• accept
,
• acquire
,
• act
,
• act as
,
• adjudicate
,
• adjure
,
• admit
,
• adopt
,
• agitate
,
• angle
,
• apply
,
• argue
,
• arguing
,
• argument
,
• aspect
,
• assay
,
• assume
,
• attack
,
• bandy-legged
,
• beseech
,
• bet
,
• bidding
,
• boldness
,
• bowed
,
• bowleg
,
• bowlegged
,
• brass
,
• bring
,
• brush
,
• bump
,
• call
,
• campaign
,
• cant
,
• cant over
,
• caper
,
• careen
,
• case
,
• challenger
,
• chance
,
• chase
,
• chase after
,
• cheek
,
• child's play
,
• clamber
,
• clamshell
,
• clang
,
• clangor
,
• clangoring
,
• clangour
,
• clank
,
• combat
,
• come across
,
• coming upon
,
• command
,
• compete
,
• competition
,
• competitiveness
,
• competitor
,
• conflict
,
• confront
,
• confrontation
,
• conjure
,
• consent
,
• contender
,
• contention
,
• contestation
,
• contradict
,
• controversy
,
• controvert
,
• cope
,
• counterbalance
,
• crash
,
• crusade
,
• dally
,
• deal
,
• debate
,
• defend
,
• dictation
,
• diddle
,
• disputation
,
• dispute
,
• dog
,
• dogfight
,
• drama
,
• dramatic play
,
• effort
,
• endeavor
,
• endeavour
,
• engagement
,
• entreat
,
• equal
,
• examine
,
• expression
,
• face up
,
• face-off
,
• facial expression
,
• fancy
,
• fence in
,
• fencing
,
• fiddle
,
• fight back
,
• fight down
,
• fighting
,
• find
,
• flirt
,
• font
,
• fount
,
• free rein
,
• friction
,
• frolic
,
• front
,
• fun
,
• gainsay
,
• gambling
,
• gambol
,
• gaming
,
• get by
,
• give chase
,
• grapnel
,
• grappler
,
• grappling
,
• grappling hook
,
• grappling iron
,
• grimace
,
• grip
,
• hand-to-hand struggle
,
• happen
,
• hassle
,
• hear
,
• hold
,
• hope
,
• human face
,
• inclination
,
• invite
,
• jar
,
• judge
,
• kick around
,
• lean
,
• leaning
,
• list
,
• look
,
• looseness
,
• make do
,
• make for
,
• make out
,
• manage
,
• maneuver
,
• manoeuvre
,
• match
,
• meet
,
• meeting
,
• muss
,
• nerve
,
• offer
,
• palisade
,
• participate
,
• period of play
,
• pit
,
• pitch
,
• play off
,
• playact
,
• playing period
,
• postulate
,
• present
,
• press
,
• prove
,
• pursue
,
• push
,
• quest after
,
• quest for
,
• reach
,
• react
,
• receive
,
• recreate
,
• render
,
• represent
,
• repugn
,
• rock
,
• roleplay
,
• romp
,
• rough-and-tumble
,
• run
,
• run across
,
• run into
,
• sample
,
• scramble
,
• scrap
,
• scuffle
,
• see
,
• seek
,
• set about
,
• shift
,
• shimmer
,
• shin
,
• shinny
,
• showdown
,
• side
,
• skin
,
• skirmish
,
• slant
,
• sparring
,
• spiel
,
• sport
,
• sputter
,
• squirm
,
• strain
,
• stress
,
• surround
,
• sway
,
• swordplay
,
• tackle
,
• tag
,
• tail
,
• take
,
• take exception
,
• take over
,
• take to
,
• taste
,
• tender
,
• test
,
• tip
,
• touch
,
• toy
,
• track
,
• trail
,
• trifle
,
• try for
,
• try on
,
• try out
,
• turn
,
• twist
,
• typeface
,
• undertake
,
• wager
,
• wall
,
• wish
,
• wobble
,
• work
,
• worm
,
• wreak
,
• wrestling
,
• wriggle
,
• writhe
.

What are the hypernyms for Be the running?

• Other hypernyms:

  compete, race, sprint.