Run to

verb

Word Frequency: 3.9

Definitions

1.verbTo reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.

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

2.verbTo be capable of reaching or achieving.

"I think my carpentry should run to making a window."

3.verbTo 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."

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