run to sth
(MONEY) — phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)Definition
› to have enough money to buy something or (of an income, etc.) to be enough to buy something: I can lend you £1,000, but I can't run to more than that. My salary won't run to foreign holidays.Paying and spending money
(Definition of run to sth (MONEY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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run through sb's mind/head idiom
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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)
- run to sth phrasal verb (MONEY)
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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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Synonyms and related words:
- contributory adjective
- defray verb
- discharge noun (PERFORMANCE)
- make sth/it worth your while idiom
- match sth pound for pound idiom
- means noun (MONEY)
- money doesn't grow on trees idiom
- overpay verb
- pay (sth) out phrasal verb
- pay verb (BUY)
- payable adjective
- payee noun
- pump-priming noun
- put sth down phrasal verb (PAY)
- self-financing adjective
- settle verb (PAY)
- shortchange verb
- spender noun
- stand verb (BUY)
- tip verb (PAYMENT)
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