1. try to get elected; compete for an elected office競選(公職)
Who will run for President next year ?明年誰將競選總統?
He runs for mayor again. 他再次競選市長。
More people than ever before are running for the city council. 這次參加市議會競選的人比以往任何時候都多。
2. hasten to fetch 匆匆去拿或去請
One of my classmates was seriously ill,so we ran for the doctor. 我的一位同班同學病得厲害,我們急忙去請醫生。