run a fever

run a fever
run a fever & run a temperature
to have a body temperature higher than normal; to have a fever. •

I ran a fever when I had the flu.

The baby is running a temperature and is grouchy.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • run a fever/temperature — ◇ If you are running a fever/temperature, you have a body temperature that is higher than normal. • • • Main Entry: ↑run …   Useful english dictionary

  • run a fever — run a temperature/fever/ phrase to be very hot because you are ill The boy had been sent home from school because he was running a fever. Thesaurus: to have or develop an illness or symptomsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • run a fever — or run a temperature phrasal to have a fever …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • run a fever — to have a high body temperature caused by an illness. He developed a very bad ear infection and ran a fever for a couple of days …   New idioms dictionary

  • run a fever or temperature — idi to have or be affected by a fever …   From formal English to slang

  • run a temperature — {v. phr.} To have a body temperature that is above normal; have a fever. * /Jimmy didn t look ill, although he was running a temperature./ * /We took the baby to the doctor because he was running a temperature./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • run a temperature — {v. phr.} To have a body temperature that is above normal; have a fever. * /Jimmy didn t look ill, although he was running a temperature./ * /We took the baby to the doctor because he was running a temperature./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • run — A group of successive measurements in an analytic process or during a period of time within which the accuracy and precision of the measuring system are expected to be stable. [ME runnen, fr. A. S. rinnan, fr. O.N. rinna] * * * run rən …   Medical dictionary

  • run — I [[t]rʌn[/t]] v. ran, run, run•ning, n. adj. 1) to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground 2) to move or pass quickly 3) to depart… …   From formal English to slang

  • run a temperature — phrasal see run a fever …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Fever Fever — Studio album by PUFFY Released June 23, 1999 …   Wikipedia

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