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runs to earth

runs to earth is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 runs to earth

What is runs to earth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs to earth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run to earth.

Words near runs to earth in the dictionary

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

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