Timeline for What does "running" mean in "running a bit late"?
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| Feb 16, 2020 at 5:46 | vote | accept | peterpanai | ||
| Feb 14, 2020 at 5:43 | answer | added | Orbital Aussie | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 11, 2020 at 10:59 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | That definition is not at all helpful - forget about it. If you are running late for an appointment, some stage in your preparations has taken longer than it should have done, making you late in doing everything else that comes after. Unless you can catch up (drive to the cinema faster?) you will be late. | |
| Feb 11, 2020 at 2:46 | comment | added | user105719 | Right. For small or inconsequential appointments, most people will accept the excuse without an explanation. After all, everyone misjudges schedules, and we hope for the same forbearance from others when we're running late. | |
| Feb 11, 2020 at 2:17 | comment | added | peterpanai | @user105719 I got the analogy. It is very helpful. Thank you! Consider the cited video, If the late is actually caused by a slowly running clock, that is an explanation. Although "running a bit late" is just telling/informing the fact of late without an actual explanation, right? | |
| Feb 11, 2020 at 1:33 | comment | added | user105719 | It's a clock analogy. The operation of a clock is called "running." If a clock runs late, it runs too slowly so that if you rely on its time, you'll be late for your appointments. | |
| Feb 11, 2020 at 0:59 | history | asked | peterpanai | CC BY-SA 4.0 |