run a red light

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

run a red light (third-person singular simple present runs a red light, present participle running a red light, simple past ran a red light, past participle run a red light)

1. (literally, automotive, road transport) To drive past an illuminated red traffic light instead of stopping as indicated.
2. (idiomatic) To enter a restricted area; to trespass.
3. (idiomatic) To falsely accuse someone of wrongdoing.
4. (idiomatic) To pass a political bill that is clearly based on false premises.
5. (idiomatic) To claim a position that one has not rightfully earned.

Translations

drive through traffic light

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 衝紅燈／冲红灯 (cung¹ hung⁴ dang¹)

  Mandarin: 闖紅燈／闯红灯 (zh) (chuǎng hóngdēng)

• Danish: køre over for rødt
• Dutch: door rood rijden
• Esperanto: preterveturi ruĝan trafiklumon
• Finnish: ajaa päin punaisia
• French: brûler un feu rouge (fr), griller un feu rouge (fr)
• German: über Rot fahren, (more formal) eine rote Ampel überfahren, über eine rote Ampel fahren
• Greek: περνάω με κόκκινο (pernáo me kókkino, literally “to pass with a red”)
• Italian: passare con il rosso
• Lithuanian: važiuoti per raudoną
• Norwegian: kjøre på rødt lys
• Russian: ехать на красный (jexatʹ na krasnyj)
• Spanish: pasarse la luz roja, saltarse un semáforo en rojo
• Ukrainian: їхати на червоний (jixaty na červonyj)
• Urdu: اِشارَہ توڑْنا (iśāra toṛnā)