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Contraposition Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

imagination runs away

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I never hear My imagination ran away . I hear eg My imagination ran away with itself. eg My imagination ran wild.

  • I never hear My imagination ran away .
  • I hear eg My imagination ran away with itself.
  • eg My imagination ran wild.
  • It means 'I couldn't stop my wild imagination'.
  • Clive
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I never hear My imagination ran away. I hear
eg My imagination ran away with itself.
eg My imagination ran wild.

It means 'I couldn't stop my wild imagination'.

Clive
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Some more context would be useful, but generally a phrase like His imagination ran away with him would suggest that he was thinking about something and came up with a lot of ideas that were not based on solid facts. For instance, if his wife were late getting home he might think She's been in an accident... her car has broken down... she has been kidnapped... she is having an a

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