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Meaning of run a temperature | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To have a fever.

idiomatic

Examples

“My child's running a high temperature.”
“At first she "ran a temperature" in American parlance, and I could not resist the exquisite caloricity of unexpected delights—Venus febriculosa—though it was a very languid Lolita that moaned and coughed and shivered in my embrace.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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