ALL meanings of in the short run
in the short run
I i - verb with object in the short run to smuggle (contraband goods): to run guns across the border. 1
- verb with object in the short run to work, operate, or drive: Can you run a tractor? 1
- verb with object in the short run to publish, print, or make copies of, as on a printing press (sometimes followed by off): Run off 3000 of these posters. The newspapers ran the story on page one. 1
- verb with object in the short run to process, refine, manufacture, or subject to an analysis or treatment: The doctor wanted to run a blood test. The factory ran 50,000 gallons of paint a day. 1
- verb with object in the short run to keep operating or going, as a machine: They ran the presses 24 hours a day. 1
- verb with object in the short run to keep (a motor) idling for an indefinite period: On cold days he would run the car motor to prevent stalling. 1
- verb with object in the short run to allow (a ship, automobile, etc.) to depart from a safe, proper, or given route, as by negligence or error: He ran the ship aground. She ran the car up on the curb. 1
- verb with object in the short run to sponsor, support, or nominate (a person) as a candidate for election. 1
- verb with object in the short run to manage or conduct: to run a business; to run one's own life. 1
- noun in the short run as the immediate outcome of a series of events, etc 0
- noun in the short run in the beginning; at first; initially 0