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'Allo 'Allo! ( BBC comedy television
series
)
3 6 3
Rule
A Man For All Seasons ( Paul Schofield / Robert
Bolt
movie )
A New Hope ( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars
series
)
A River
Runs
Through It ( Brad Pitt movie )
A
move
in the right direction
Absolutely Fabulous ( BBC comedy television
series
)
After The Gold
Rush
( Neil Young song )
Also
ran
Are You Being Served? ( BBC comedy television
series
)
As fast as his legs could carry him
At breakneck
speed
At lightning
speed
Attack of the Clones ( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars
series
)
Bail jumper
Bam and scram
Beat the
rush
Beep beep ( A catchphrase from Road
Runner
)
Bernie, the
bolt
( A catchphrase from The Golden Shot )
Beyond Our Ken ( BBC comedy radio
series
)
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Birds of a Feather ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Blade
Runner
( Harrison Ford / Ridley Scott movie )
Blistering
speed
Boat
race
( Cockney rhyming slang for face )
Bold
move
Bolt
down
Bolt
from the blue
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Bolt
hole
Bolt
upright
Born To Run ( Bruce Springsteen song )
Breakneck
speed
Built for comfort not
speed
Built for
speed
Bum's
rush
Bun run
Business is beautiful (
Sprint
advertising slogan )
Business is like a car, it will not run by itself except downhill
Bust a
move
( dance in a stylish way )
Career limiting
move
Chase
it up
Chase
the dragon
Chase
your own tail
Citizen Smith ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Climb the corporate
ladder
Come
Running
( Van Morrison song )
Come
running
Crash and
dash
Cut a
dash
Cut and run
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Cut to the
chase
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Dad's Army ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Dash
to pieces
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Desperate Housewives ( 2004 comedy drama television
series
)
Did the earth
move
for you
Don't try to run before you can walk
Done a
runner
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Drop the Dead Donkey ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Dry run
Eat and run
Egg and spoon
race
Escape
your memory
Faith will
move
mountains
Fast as his legs could carry him
Father Ted ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Faulty Towers ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Fleet footed
Fleet of foot
Fool's
errand
Fools
rush
in where angels fear to tread
Front
runner
Get a
move
on
Get up to
speed
Go and
chase
yourself
God
speed
God's
speed
Going going gone ( A baseball expression by which an announcer describes a home run that is heading over the fence )
Golden
rule
Had a good run
Hancock's Half Hour ( BBC comedy radio and television
series
)
Hasten
away
Have gun, will travel ( A catchphrase from TV
series
)
He who fights and
runs
away, may live to fight another day
Hickory dickory dock the mouse
ran
up the clock ( line from nursery rhyme )
High
speed
gas ( Gas Council advertising slogan )
Hit and run
Hit the ground
running
Hold with the hare and run with the hounds
Home
rule
Home run
Hot to
trot
How does the wireless industry make you feel? (
Sprint
PCS advertising slogan )
Hurry
along
Hurry
hard
Hurry
off with
Hurry
on down to Hardee's ( Rolaids advertising slogan )
Hurry
up
Hurry
up and wait
I Like To
Move
It ( Reel 2 Reel song )
In the long run
In the
running
In the short run
It Ain't Half Hot Mum ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Jog
someone's elbow
Jog
your memory
Leg it
Let off the leash
Let your imagination run riot
Like a
bolt
from the blue
Little thieves are hanged, but great ones
escape
Make a
bolt
for the door
Make a
move
on
Make good your
escape
Make your
move
Men Behaving Badly ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Mission Impossible ( Tom Cruise movie and television
series
title )
Mob
rule
More haste, less
speed
Move
It On Over ( Hank Williams song )
Move
On Up a Little Higher ( Mahalia Jackson song )
Move
heaven and earth
Move
in the best circles
Move
over
Move
right along
Move
with the times
Moving at the
speed
of business ( UPS advertising slogan )
My blood
ran
cold
My cup runneth over
Narrow
escape
No
rush
Nothing
runs
like a Deere ( John Deere Tractors advertising slogan )
Now, that's better (
Sprint
PCS advertising slogan )
On the Buses ( BBC comedy television
series
)
On the
move
On the run
On your mark, get set, go
One Foot In The Grave ( BBC comedy television
series
)
One
sprint
many solutions (
Sprint
advertising slogan )
Open All Hours ( Ronnie Barker television comedy
series
)
Out of breath
Out of the
running
Phoenix Nights ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Piss like a
race
horse
Play the
race
card
Pounding the pavement
Race
against the clock
Race
against time
Race
for the taste, the honey sweet taste!, the honey-nutty taste of Honey Nut Cheerios ( Cheerios Cereals advertising slogan )
Race
proven performance ( Kumho Tires advertising slogan )
Race
to the bottom
Raise dust
Rat
race
Ready set go
Ready steady go
Red Dwarf ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Return of the Jedi ( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars
series
)
Revenge of the Sith ( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars
series
)
Rule
Britannia
Rule
of thumb
Rule
out
Rule
the roost
Rule
with a rod of iron
Rule
with an iron fist
Run For Your Life ( The Beatles song )
Run Forrest, Run! ( line from the movie Forrest Gump )
Run a fever
Run a tight ship
Run along
Run amuck
Run for cover
Run for the border ( Taco advertising slogan )
Run for the hills
Run for your life
Run for your money
Run it up the flagpole and see who salutes
Run its course
Run like the wind
Run of the Millsap ( Nickname of Paul Millsap )
Run of the mill
Run off at the mouth
Run off your feet
Run out of gas
Run out of steam
Run out of town on a rail
Run rabbit, run rabbit, run run run
Run rings around
Run the gauntlet
Run the plates
Run the risk
Run to fat
Run to ground
Run to seed
Run toward the sound of gunfire
Run with the ball
Run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
Run yourself ragged
Running
Up that Hill - A Deal with God ( Kate Bush song )
Running
a fever
Running
a temperature
Running
battle
Running
gag
Running
late
Running
like clockwork
Running
on empty
Running
rampant
Running
repairs
Running
scared
Running
wild
Running
with sweat
Runs
in the family
Rush
job
Rush
of blood
Rush
the growler
Rush
to judgement
Sack
race
See how it runs! ( Cerebos salt advertising slogan )
See how they run like pigs from a gun ( The Beatles song lyric )
Shot while trying to
escape
Show a clean pair of heels
Smooth
move
Smooth
runs
the water where the brook is deep
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Speed
dating
Speed
demon
Speed
freak
Speed
it up
Speed
kills
Speed
merchant
Star Wars ( Harrison Ford / George Lucas movie
series
)
Steptoe and Son ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Still waters run deep
Suck it up ( accept a bad situation and
move
on )
Sue grabbit and run
Sugar
rush
Suicide is painless ( title of the theme song to MASH tv
series
and film )
Take a
running
jump
Take flight
Take fright
Take the money and run
Take your heels
The Amazing
Race
( US TV show )
The Army Game ( BBC comedy television
series
)
The Brittas Empire ( BBC comedy television
series
)
The Clone Wars ( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars
series
)
The Empire Strikes Back ( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars
series
)
The Famous Five ( characters in Enid Blyton's
series
of children's book )
The Gold
Rush
( Charlie Chaplin movie )
The Great
Escape
( Steve McQueen movie )
The League of Gentlemen ( BBC comedy television
series
)
The Likely Lads ( BBC comedy television
series
)
The Liver Birds ( BBC comedy television
series
)
The Master
Race
The New Statesman ( BBC comedy television
series
)
The Only Way Is Essex ( British reality television
series
)
The Phantom Menace ( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars
series
)
The Rag Trade ( BBC comedy television
series
)
The Royle Family ( BBC comedy television
series
)
The Vicar of Dibley ( BBC comedy television
series
)
The Young Ones ( BBC comedy television
series
)
The course of true love never did run smooth
The dish
ran
away with the spoon ( line from nursery rhyme )
The exception which proves the
rule
The human
race
The inmates are
running
the asylum
The need for
speed
The point of contact (
Sprint
advertising slogan )
The
race
is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ( quotation from the Bible - Ecclesiastes
The thrill of the
chase
There's an exception to every
rule
This one will run and run
Three blind mice, see how they run ( line from nursery rhyme )
Till Death Us Do Part ( BBC comedy television
series
)
To the Manor Born ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Tom Tom the pipers son stole a pig and away he
ran
( line from nursery rhyme )
Too good to
hurry
mints ( Murray Mints advertising slogan )
Up Pompeii ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Up and
running
Up to
speed
Warp
speed
( A catchphrase from Star Trek )
Waterloo, couldn't
escape
if I wanted to ( ABBA lyric )
We really
move
our tail for you ( Continental Airlines advertising slogan )
Wee Willie Winkie
runs
through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown ( line from nursery rhyme )
Wild goose
chase
Work to
rule
World
Series
Yes Minister ( BBC comedy television
series
)
Yes you can (
Sprint
advertising slogan )
You Can't
Hurry
Love ( The Supremes song )
You are now free to
move
about the country ( Southwest Airlines advertising slogan )
You can run but you can't hide