run like a dry creek (English, verb)
expansion: run like a dry creek (third-person singular simple present runs like a dry creek, present participle running like a dry creek, simple past ran like a dry creek, past participle run like a dry creek)
Senses:
topics: government
politics
qualifier: simile
glosses: To run for political office with little chance of success.
tags: US
colloquial
qualifier: simile
glosses: To run (in various senses) badly or not at all.
tags: US
colloquial
Forms:
form: runs like a dry creek
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: running like a dry creek
tags: participle
present
form: ran like a dry creek
tags: past
form: run like a dry creek
tags: participle
past