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to run to the store

to run to the store

6 1.0
To go quickly to a shop to buy something you need
  • phrasal verb
  • /rʌn tə ðə stɔr/
  • US
translation icon : ir a la tienda
  • Maybe we could run to the store to buy a pie.
  • run to the store and get
  • run to the store to grab
  • run to the store to buy

That's like asking me to run to the store.

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Antonyms

to delay
562 1.4

To make something happen later than planned

How Fast

to run to the store
  • US
6 1.0
to walk
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

run to the store infinitive
running to the store present participle
runs to the store third person singular
ran to the store past
run to the store past participle

Morphology

run + to + the + store

The phrase is directly compositional: 'run' (move quickly) combined with the destination phrase 'to the store' yields 'go quickly to the shop/market.' The sense of a brief errand or quick trip is a predictable, cross-linguistically common extension of 'run,' so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand the MWE.

Etymology

Run to the store gives a simple image: someone quickly runs out to the nearby store to grab one small thing on a short trip. That's why it means 'to go quickly to a store for a brief errand'.