run sth in
UK US break sth in— phrasal verb with run uk/rʌn/us/rʌn/verb present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run
If you run in a vehicle, you use it carefully and slowly for a short time when it is new, so that you do not damage its engine.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- go into sth
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- heavy
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- mine
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- use sth up
- wear
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