run to

British  

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to be sufficient for

   my income doesn't run to luxuries

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run to Idioms  

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

2. 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 .

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Example Sentences

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run to

This can be tactically useful in the short run to keep long-term yields from spiking.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

The centre-back played for Argentina during their run to the World Cup final this summer, missing just one game.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The summer started with New York Knicks’s thrilling run to capture the NBA Championship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Spending by hyperscalers is expected to run to $1.2 trillion in 2027, according to Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya, and that can no longer be funded out of free cash flow or equity.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Both sound close enough to run to, which means I want to do the opposite of that.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Related Words

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• comprise
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