run to sth
(SIZE) — phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)Definition
› to reach a particular amount, level, or size: The new encyclopedia runs to several thousand pages.Numbering and counting
(Definition of run to sth (SIZE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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run through sth phrasal verb (EXAMINE)
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run through sth phrasal verb (EXIST)
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run through sth phrasal verb (USE UP)
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run to sth phrasal verb (ACTIVITY)
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run to sth phrasal verb (MONEY)
- run to sth phrasal verb (SIZE)
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run up against sth phrasal verb
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run verb (BECOME)
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run verb (FLOW)
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run verb (GO QUICKLY)
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run verb (HOLE)
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Synonyms and related words:
- cash up phrasal verb
- census noun
- count noun (NUMBER)
- count sth out phrasal verb
- count verb (NUMBER)
- counter noun (DOING COUNTING)
- decimal adjective
- decimal noun
- decimal point noun
- decimalization noun
- innumerate adjective
- number verb (WRITE SYMBOL)
- numeracy noun
- numerate adjective
- numerical adjective
- pagination noun
- reckon sth in phrasal verb
- recount noun
- recount verb
- tot sth up phrasal verb
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