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run scared

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run scared
to behave as if one were going to fail. The mayor was running scared, but won anyway. When we lost that big contract, everyone in the office was running scared. We thought we'd be fired.
See also: run, scare
run scared  (mainly American)
to be worried that you are going to be defeated (usually in continuous tenses) There are rumours that the Democrats are running scared after recent opinion polls showed their rivals to be way out in front.
See also: run, scare


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