на бегу

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[PrepP; Invar]

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1. [adv]

⇒ while one is running:

- as one runs.

     ♦ За машиной, рыдая и спотыкаясь, бежала Нюра... "Ваня! - кричала Нюра, давясь от рыданий. - Ванечка!" - и на бегу тянула руки к машине (Войнович 2). Sobbing and stumbling, Nyura ran after the truck.. "Vanya!" cried Nyura, choking on her sobs. "Vanechka!" She reached her arms out to the truck as she ran (2a).

2. coll [usu. adv]

⇒ (one does sth.) hastily, (one is, does sth.) in a hurry:

- on the run;

- [in limited contexts] on the fly;

- (have) a quick (chat <cry etc>.

     ♦ Около десяти, когда Ребров уже собрался уходить... появился Шахов, как обычно на бегу, второпях спросил, как дела у Реброва (Трифонов 1). At about ten o'clock, when Rebrov was just getting ready to leave...Shakhov appeared. He was on the run as usual and asked Rebrov hastily how his work was going (la).

     ♦ "Ну конечно... я всегда бывала у Нюрка - зачем? Чтобы на бегу поплакаться в жилетку" (Залыгин 1). "Now, why was it I always used to go to Niurok? To have a quick cry on her shoulder, of course" (1a).