"break into a run" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: breaks into a run [present, singular, third-person], breaking into a run [participle, present], broke into a run [past], broken into a run [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|break<,,broke,broken> into a run}} break into a run (third-person singular simple present breaks into a run, present participle breaking into a run, simple past broke into a run, past participle broken into a run)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To start running. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Related terms: break into Translations (to start running): futásnak ered (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

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