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run interference (American)

to help someone achieve something by dealing with the people or problems that might prevent them from doing so (usually + for ) When it comes to finding a hotel room, you'll be glad to have a tourist guide run interference for you.

See also: run

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The turtle is saved once using a magic trick involving jelly beans, and Melvin re appears in various forms to run interference. EDUCATION EXTRA by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) Byline: PHAEDRA HAYWOOD Each year we recruit a fashion-savvy guest stylist to help pick out the clothes, imagine our "afters" and run interference with the winners so I can catch them saying funny or poignant things about their fashion foibles to make you laugh and cry. STYLIST BRINGS PASSION FOR FASHION by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) With fewer (or perhaps no) legislative staff to run interference at the state level, constituents often can get valuable one-on-one time with their legislator during a statehouse visit. For fast impact, look to state lawmakers by Telthorst, Ric / Rural Telecommunications			run before can walk run behind run between run by run circles around run counter to run deep run down run down some lines run down to run dry run eye over run feet off run fingers through hair run for run for it run for life run from run from to run head against a brick wall run high run in run in circles run in place run in the family run interference run into run into a stone wall run into the ground run it down run its course run like clockwork run like the wind run low run mouth run off run off at the mouth run off in all directions run off with run on run on all cylinders run onto run out run out at run out of run out of gas run out of some place run out of steam run out of time run out on run out the clock			run foul run foul run foul run foul run foul of run foul of run foul of someone or something run from run from Run from the Cops run from to run hand through hair run head against a brick wall run high run in run in run in run in run in run in circles Run In Hole run in opposition to run in place run in place run in place run in place run in place run in place run in pursuit run in the family run interference run into run into run into run into run into run into a stone wall run into debt run into each other run into someone run into the ground run into the ground run into the ground run into the ground run into the ground run into the sand run into the sand run into the sand Run it by again run it down run its course run its course run its course run its course run its course Run length encoding Run length encoding Run length encoding Run Length Limited Run Length Limited Run Length Limited

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