run to

English

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Verb

run to (third-person singular simple present runs to, present participle running to, simple past ran to, past participle run to)

1. (idiomatic) To reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.

   The official report runs to several thousand pages in 12 volumes.

   The repairs ran to 1,200 euros.

2. (idiomatic) To be capable of reaching or achieving.

   My musical tastes don't run to Wagner, I'm afraid.

   I think my carpentry should run to making a window.

3. To go to a responsible person or authority figure for support; to require another to support oneself.

   She's getting a little old to run to her mother every time she gets in a fight with her friends.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary: "to comprehend, etc.; I don't run to it, i.e., I can't do it, I don't understand."

Anagrams

• Toruń, tourn