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To run a blockade

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to get to, or away from, a blockaded port in safety.

See also: Run



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; PROTEST Yvonne Ridley, of County Durham, plans to run a blockade.
Supplies for both the American militia and the British troops were imported from Europe, but the Americans were forced to run a blockade by the most powerful naval force of the era.
The real point here is that it is very easy to run a blockade and run a picket if the people you are blockading do not want to deliver the fuel,' he said.
 
 
 
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