VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Run a red light

Meaning:

The phrase to run a red light is an idiom that means to continue driving through an intersection having a red traffic light without stopping.

Examples:

  • Yeah, why else would I run a red light?
  • Yeah, why else would I run a red light?
  • Now, Kinkirk says he saw the boy's father run a red light.
  • He must have run a red light.
  • He must have run a red light.
  • But did you run a red light?
  • What, do you call out the SWAT team if I run a red light?
  • What happens if they run a red light?
  • Thou shall not run a red light.
  • You've already run a red light, hit a taxi, and you don't have any papers.