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Run aground   /rən əgrˈaʊnd/   Listen
Run aground

verb
1.
Bring to the ground.  Synonyms: ground, strand.
2.
Hit or reach the ground.  Synonym: ground.






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"Run aground" Quotes from Famous Books



... from Norway, and on our homeward way, it was a tedious business—what with fogs, calms, and headwinds—working towards Copenhagen. We rounded the Scaw in a thick mist, saw the remains of four ships that had run aground upon it, and were nearly run into ourselves by a clumsy merchantman, whom we had the relief of being able to abuse in our native vernacular, and the most ...
— Letters From High Latitudes • The Marquess of Dufferin (Lord Dufferin)



Words linked to "Run aground" :   ground, attain, arrive at, land, gain, reach, make, hit



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