run for your money

run for your money

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  • A Run for Your Money — Infobox Film name = A Run for Your Money image size = caption = director = Charles Frend producer = Michael Balcon Leslie Norman writer = Clifford Evans (story) Richard Hughes Leslie Norman Charles Frend Diana Morgan (add. dialogue) narrator =… …   Wikipedia

  • Midnight Run for Your Life — Written by Characters: George Gallo Screenplay: Shaun Cassidy Directed by Daniel Sackheim Starring Christopher McDonald Melora Walters Lang …   Wikipedia

  • run for one's money — noun a) A difficult challenge for the person indicated, especially one involving a competitive situation. If your competitor regards you as a menace to his pocketbook, he can give you a nice little run for your money and delay you indefinitely.… …   Wiktionary

  • run — run1 W1S1 [rʌn] v past tense ran [ræn] past participle run present participle running ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move quickly using your legs)¦ 2¦(race)¦ 3¦(organize/be in charge of )¦ 4¦(do something/go somewhere quickly)¦ 5¦(buses/trains etc)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • run — run1 [ rʌn ] (past tense ran [ ræn ] ; past participle run) verb *** ▸ 1 move quickly with legs ▸ 2 control/organize ▸ 3 machine: work ▸ 4 liquid: flow ▸ 5 try to be elected ▸ 6 vehicle: travel ▸ 7 be shown/performed ▸ 8 reach amount/rate ▸ 9… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • run — runnable, adj. runnability, n. /run/, v., ran, run, running, n., adj. v.i. 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 with… …   Universalium

  • money — mon|ey W1S1 [ˈmʌni] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: moneie, from Latin moneta mint, money , from Moneta, name given to Juno, the goddess in whose temple the ancient Romans produced money] 1.) what you earn by working and can use to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Double Your Money — Hughie Green presenting the first episode of Double Your Money. Double Your Money was a British quiz show hosted by Hughie Green. Originally broadcast on Radio Luxembourg, it transferred to ITV in 1955, a few days after the commercial channel… …   Wikipedia

  • A Penny for Your Thoughts — Infobox Television episode Title = A Penny for Your Thoughts Series = The Twilight Zone Caption =Dick York in A Penny for Your Thoughts Season = 2 Episode = 52 Airdate =February 3, 1961 Production = 173 3650 Writer =George Clayton Johnson… …   Wikipedia

  • Two for the Money (game show) — Two for the Money was an American game show which ran from 1952 to 1957. The show ran for one season on NBC, and four seasons on CBS. It was a Mark Goodson Bill Todman production, and was initially sponsored by Old Gold cigarettes. Humorist Herb… …   Wikipedia

  • money — [[t]mʌ̱ni[/t]] ♦ monies, moneys (plural) 1) N UNCOUNT Money is the coins or bank notes that you use to buy things, or the sum that you have in a bank account. A lot of the money that you pay at the cinema goes back to the film distributors...… …   English dictionary

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