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broken into a run

broken into a run is the past participle of break into a run.

Meaning of break into a run

Verb

break into a run (third-person singular simple present breaks into a run, present participle breaking into a run, simple past broke into a run, past participle broken into a run)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To start running.
    • When they realized they might miss the train, they broke into a run.

Questions about broken into a run

What is broken into a run the past participle of?
Broken into a run is the past participle of break into a run.

Words near broken into a run in the dictionary

  1. Broken Hill
  2. broken home
  3. broken homes
  4. broken in
  5. broken into
  6. broken into a run
  7. broken it
  8. broken it down
  9. broken it to
  10. broken loose
  11. broken luck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: broken into a run (page history and authors); break into a run (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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