run to

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to be sufficient for

   my income doesn't run to luxuries

Idioms and Phrases

Amount to, as in The total will run to thousands of dollars . This usage employs run in the sense of “extend.” [Mid-1500s]

Lean toward, favor, as in My taste runs to chocolate desserts . [ Colloquial ; second half of 1800s] Also see run to earth ; run to form ; run to seed .

Example Sentences

Subscriptions to private-fund benchmarks can run to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

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Still Norris is trying to think only of the immediate task ahead, and the threat Verstappen poses for victory, and more immediately, on the run to the first corner.

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Joshua Jones reached across the goal line before his knee touched the turf for an early one-yard scoring run to cap a 12-play, 85-yard drive and pull the Cougars to within 7-6.

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The messages and documents highlighted here are just a snapshot - the report due later will run to around 800 pages.

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The 23-year-old Cobolli, who impressed with a run to the Wimbledon quarter-finals this year, dominated a first set lasting just 30 minutes with three breaks of serve.

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