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run to waste

run to waste verb: to become incapable or useless.

Verb

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

  1. To become incapable or useless.

Forms of run to waste

third-person singular presentruns to waste
present participlerunning to waste
pastran to waste
past participlerun to waste

Questions about run to waste

What does run to waste mean?
Run to waste means to become incapable or useless.
What part of speech is run to waste?
Run to waste is a verb.
What is the past tense of run to waste?
The past tense of run to waste is ran to waste.

Words near run to waste in the dictionary

  1. run to fat
  2. run to ground
  3. run to seed
  4. run to the ground
  5. run to the hills
  6. run to waste
  7. run up
  8. run up against
  9. run up in
  10. run up in it
  11. run up on

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