They ran the ship aground.
Acts xxvii. 41.
A talkative person runs himself upon great inconveniences by
blabbing out his own or other's secrets.
Ray.
Others, accustomed to retired speculations, run natural philosophy
into metaphysical notions.
Locke.
5. To fuse; to shape; to mold; to cast; as, to run bullets, and the
like.
The purest gold must be run and washed.
Felton.
6. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine; as, to
run a line.
7. To cause to pass, or evade, offical restrictions; to smuggle; --
said of contraband or dutiable goods.
Heavy impositions . . . are a strong temptation of running goods.
Swift.
8. To go through or accomplish by running; as, to run a race; to run a
certain career.
9. To cause to stand as a candidate for office; to support for office;
as, to run some one for Congress. [Colloq. U.S.]
10. To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of
losing one's life. See To run the chances, below. "He runneth two
dangers." Bacon.