run to somebody/something phrasal verb (see also run)

1. to reach a particular amount:
The cost of repairing the damage could run to $1 million.
The treaty ran to 248 pages.

2. [usually in negatives] British English to be or have enough money to pay for something:
Our budget won’t run to replacing all the computers.

3. to ask someone to help or protect you:
You can’t keep running to your parents every time you have a problem.

4. sb’s taste runs to something if someone’s taste runs to something, that is what they like:
His taste ran to action movies and thrillers.

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run to
to amount to a certain amount of money
The cost of repairing my car may run to more money than I can pay.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

run to
v. phr. To approximate; reach.
It has been estimated that the casualties will run to over 300,000 killed by cholera and starvation in the crowded refugee camps.

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