Verb

mitliefen

Translation

ran along (with), walked along (with), participated

Die Kinder liefen beim Marathon mit.

The children ran along in the marathon.

Wir liefen einfach mit der Menge mit.

We just went along with the crowd.

((with sth.)) ran along with sth. The children ran along with the parade.

Synonyms: mitgingen (went along), teilnahmen (participated)

Simple past (Präteritum) of 'mitlaufen', from 'mit' (with) + 'laufen' (to run). 'liefen' is the plural past form.

This is the simple past tense for 'we' or 'they'. Remember 'liefen' is the past of 'laufen'.