RUN TO (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)


Meaning of RUN TO (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) in English

run to somebody/something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ run )

1 . to reach a particular amount:

The cost of repairing the damage could run to $1 million.

The treaty ran to 248 pages.

2 . [usually in negatives] British English to be or have enough money to pay for something:

Our budget won’t run to replacing all the computers.

3 . to ask someone to help or protect you:

You can’t keep running to your parents every time you have a problem.

4 . sb’s taste runs to something if someone’s taste runs to something, that is what they like:

His taste ran to action movies and thrillers.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.