to run a fever meaning?

Question

What's the meaning of "to run a fever" idiom? Please give me some examples!

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Running a fever could be a serious problem, especially for babies and older people.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

Alternate form: to run a temperature
 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

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Nurse Sarah is looking in on her patient.  Her patient has just had surgery.  Nurse Sarah checks her patient's temperature.  She discovers that her patient is...

running a high fever.

Nurse Sarah calls a doctor because a very elevated body temperature after surgery is serious.

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

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Johnny is a 14 year old teenage boy.  He often does not want to get out of bed in the morning.  Yesterday, when Johnny's mother realized that Johnny was going to be late for school, she went to check on him.  Johnny was lying in bed.  He did not look well.  Johnny's mother asked Johnny why he wasn't getting ready for school.  Johnny said that he was not feeling well.  Sure enough, when Johnny's mother put a thermometer under Johnny's tongue, Johnny was...

running a fever.

Johnny's mother kept Johnny home from school to monitor his condition.

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

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"to run a fever"

to have a body temperature that is higher than normal
 

Synonyms:
body, burn, burning, chill, chills, cold, febrile, fire, flu, flush, heat, high, higher, ill, illness, sick, sickness, temperature, warm, warmth
 
 
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