run to
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
[edit]run to (third-person singular simple present runs to, present participle running to, simple past ran to, past participle run to)
- (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.
- (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.
- 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
[edit]- 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."