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run-a-go (also called run and go, running go) noun phrase A running attack on, energetic move toward or against. [perhaps influenced by run and + verb, as "run and tell your mother"; DARE labels this term "southern Appalachians" in the U.S.]

1915 Dingus Word-list VA 189 run-an’-go = a run before leaping. 1939 Hall Coll (Hartford TN) [The bear] wheeled back on the dogs. [The bear hunter] took a run-ago an’ run his arm into that hole he cut into it, an’ run it right up about his heart. 1955 Ritchie Singing Family 21 I snatched up an old broom handle lying in the yard and took a runago at the homemade screen door and rammed that stick plum through. 1973 GSMNP-79:17 You could play out in the hallway where they'd waxed it, you know. We'd make that for a slide. Take a run and go and just slide all the way down to the hall and then up again. 1991 Haynes Haywood Home 55 When it was really cold, ice skating on the branches and creeks was fun if we could get away with it. Of course we didn’t have ice skates, so we'd take a running go and slide on our shoe soles. 2005 Williams Gratitude 519 = to back up to get a good start and gain momentum as you run. For instance, if somebody was to try to jump over a fence or high bar, he'd back up and take a run ’n go at it.