run high

Be intense, as in Feelings are running high on the issue of raising taxes. This expression, first recorded in 1711, transfers the strong currents or tides that make for high waves to human concerns.

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“S—” was the “best” of it, demonstrating that decades after the horrific events the series depicts, emotions still run high across Ireland.

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"I always give everything out there for the team and emotions can run high. You win some together, you lose some together."

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Tensions run high, and if all goes according to plan for Bravo, ratings run even higher.

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Emotions could run high; there was resistance; there were arguments.

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Sometimes this kind of behaviour has been blamed on working in a high pressure environment, for example a newsroom, where short-term emotions can run high.

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