break into a run
idiom
: to start running
When they realized they might miss the train, they broke into a run.
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Our tester of that height nearly fell off the machine after attempting to break into a run.
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Renee Cherry, SELF, 10 Oct. 2024
Did parents break into a run, grabbing their infants from their strollers, after a bomb fell nearby, too close?
—Peter Maass, The New Republic, 8 Apr. 2022
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Renee Cherry, SELF, 10 Oct. 2024
Did parents break into a run, grabbing their infants from their strollers, after a bomb fell nearby, too close?
—Peter Maass, The New Republic, 8 Apr. 2022
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“Break into a run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20into%20a%20run. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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