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'make the running' is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to refer to someone who is taking the lead or initiative in a specific endeavor. For example, "The CEO has been making the running on the new project, pushing for it to be finished on time."
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He doesn't have to make the running.
Meanwhile, parents and charities will have to make the running.
The logical strategy is to let Kerry make the running.
Instead, they allowed the Mail to make the running.
It falls on the huge unloved neighbour to make the running.
"I decided when we started down the back that I was going to make the running.
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We made the running that day.
The Egyptian street is once again making the running.
Often these firms are making the running abroad.
Yet America rather than Europe has made the running.
Parliament, it seems, has been making the running.
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