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ran to earth

ran to earth is the simple past of run to earth.

Meaning of run to earth

Verb

run to earth (third-person singular simple present runs to earth, present participle running to earth, simple past ran to earth, past participle run to earth)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To find someone or something after a long and difficult search.
    • We’ve been trying to contact that witness for ten days, but we still haven’t run him to earth.

Questions about ran to earth

What is ran to earth the simple past of?
Ran to earth is the simple past of run to earth.

Words near ran to earth in the dictionary

  1. ran the table
  2. ran the whole show
  3. ran thin
  4. ran through
  5. ran to
  6. ran to earth
  7. ran to ground
  8. ran to the ground
  9. ran to the hills
  10. ran to waste
  11. ran up

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