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Meanings of run aground in English

Portuguese
encalhar
Spanish
encallar

Bring to the ground.

encalhar
Usage of run aground in English
1
Looks like you had run aground in the middle of the bay.
Darry the Life Saver; Or, The Heroes of the Coast
2
Brexit is the rock on which our democratic system has run aground.
The Guardian
3
A tanker had run aground and the slick was heading our way.
The Guardian
4
Some were afraid they would run aground on the shore of Spain.
The confusion
5
The coastguard says some boats are damaged and some have run aground.
BBC
6
Had his fortunes run aground, mired in the faintheartedness of his men?
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
7
Erich swung the wheel around just before he would have run aground.
The arms maker of berlin
8
The news reported that an oil tanker had run aground and caught fire.
Monster Hunter International
9
The ship appeared to have run aground by the food court.
Layover in dubai
10
To have run aground would have been disastrous failure to the whole expedition.
The Twenty-fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of t...
11
And by century's end, the marriage had all but run aground.
The Guardian
12
The petty officer explained that they had run aground near the offshore rig.
Beyond exile: day by day armageddon
13
At any moment, unless we proceed cautiously, we may run aground.
The Boy Aviators in Africa; Or, an Aerial Ivory Trail
14
The Hercule had just run aground in the dangerous waters of the Bahama Channel.
Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville
15
I will let you go free when we run aground.
Monster Hunter International
16
In making the attempt, the ship was twice run aground.
Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain J...
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Translations for run aground
Portuguese
encalhar
Run aground through the time
Run aground across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common