# run to

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/run-to
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.

## Examples

- The cost of the repairs will run to five hundred dollars.
- We estimated the total attendance for the festival, and it looks like the final count will run to over ten thousand people.
- While the initial budget was modest, the unforeseen complications meant the total project expenses would eventually run to a figure far exceeding our original projections.

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