RUN TO


Meaning of RUN TO in English

1.

If you run to someone, you go to them for help or to tell them something.

If you were at a party and somebody was getting high, you didn’t go running to a cop.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n

2.

If something runs to a particular amount or size, it is that amount or size.

The finished manuscript ran to the best part of fifty double-sided pages.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron)

3.

If you cannot run to a particular item, you cannot afford to buy it or pay for it. ( mainly BRIT )

If you can’t run to champagne, buy sparkling wine.

= afford

PHRASAL VERB : with brd-neg , V P n

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