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 week's US allies' drills, dubbed Freedom Edge, are set to run to Friday in international waters east and south of South Korea's Jeju Island.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

You shouldn’t run to buy a home with half of your retirement account until you can answer all of these questions, at least.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

BRQ: Sculpting is something I run to when I’m really not doing well, and it’s this relationship that I have with touching and molding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

If a rogue AI agent takes over a data center and can’t be evicted except by shutting off the power, will somebody run to a court and call this murder?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

I wanted to run to Mama or out in the woods to find Doc, but I couldn’t.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

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