run sth in
UK (US break sth in) — phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)Definition
› If you run in a vehicle, you use it carefully and slowly for a short time when it is new, so that you do not damage its engine.Using and misusing
(Definition of run sth in from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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run sb/sth over phrasal verb
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run sb/sth through phrasal verb
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run sb/sth to ground idiom
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run sth by sb phrasal verb
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run sth down phrasal verb
- run sth in phrasal verb
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run sth off phrasal verb
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run sth up phrasal verb (DEBT)
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run sth up phrasal verb (FLAG)
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run sth up phrasal verb (MATERIAL)
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run sth up phrasal verb (VALUE)
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Synonyms and related words:
- adopt verb (START USING)
- adoption noun (STARTING TO USE)
- avail yourself of sth phrasal verb
- be (of) (any/some) use idiom
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- exhaust verb (USE)
- get/muscle in on the act idiom
- give/allow sth full play idiom
- go into sth phrasal verb (BE USED)
- go through sth phrasal verb (USE)
- gobble sth up phrasal verb
- spare verb (TRY HARD)
- spent adjective
- swallow verb (TAKE AWAY)
- tap verb (GET)
- trade on sth phrasal verb
- turn sth over phrasal verb (USE)
- turn to sth phrasal verb
- turn/use sth to good account idiom
- underused adjective
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Using and misusing
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