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running to earth

running to earth is the present participle and gerund 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 running to earth

What is running to earth the present participle and gerund of?
Running to earth is the present participle and gerund of run to earth.

Words near running to earth in the dictionary

  1. running time
  2. running times
  3. running title
  4. running titles
  5. running to
  6. running to earth
  7. running to ground
  8. running to the ground
  9. running to the hills
  10. running to waste
  11. running track

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