The worker ran the circuit into each room.
•He ran in the circuit as specified.
2. to guide something into something; to drive or steer something into something else. •Bobby ran his bicycle into the wall, bending the front wheel.
•Please don't run your car into the wall!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
run (something) into the ground — 1. to use something so much that it does not work any more. I gave that car to my son and he ran it into the ground. It was a funny joke the first time he told it, but he ran it into the ground. 2. to cause something to become less successful.… … New idioms dictionary
run something into the ground — If people run something into the ground, they treat or manage it so badly that they ruin it … The small dictionary of idiomes
run something into something — ˈrun sth into sb/sth derived to make a vehicle crash into sb/sth • He ran his car into a tree. Main entry: ↑runderived … Useful english dictionary
run something into somebody — ˈrun sth into sb/sth derived to make a vehicle crash into sb/sth • He ran his car into a tree. Main entry: ↑runderived … Useful english dictionary
run something into the ground — run sb/sth into the ˈground idiom to use sth so much that it is broken; to make sb work so hard that they are no longer able to work Main entry: ↑groundidiom … Useful english dictionary
run sth into the ground — drive/run/work sth into the ground ► to use something so much that it breaks or stops working: »They decided to run the car into the ground instead of changing it. Main Entry: ↑ground … Financial and business terms
drive (or run) (something) into the sand — come (or bring something) to a halt. → sand … English new terms dictionary
run — [run] vi. ran or Dial. run, run, running [altered (with vowel prob. infl. by pp.) < ME rinnen, rennen < ON & OE: ON rinna, to flow, run, renna, to cause to run (< Gmc * rannjan); OE rinnan, iornan: both < Gmc * renwo < IE base * er … English World dictionary
Run — Run, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Run — Run, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Run — Run, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin to D … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
