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run aground/ashore
(also run onto the rocks)Definition
(Definition of run aground/ashore from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bail sth out phrasal verb
- buoy verb (FLOAT)
- capsize verb
- ducking noun
- float noun (NOT SINK)
- float verb (NOT SINK)
- floatation noun
- flotation noun (FLOAT)
- founder verb
- go under phrasal verb (SINK)
- ground verb (KEEP ON LAND)
- keel over phrasal verb (BOAT)
- resurface verb (APPEAR AGAIN)
- ride sth out phrasal verb
- right verb
- sank verb
- scupper verb (SINK)
- scuttle verb (SINK)
- submerge verb
- sunken adjective
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