Usually means: Seek safety or comfort in.
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  1. run to: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. run to: Merriam-Webster
  3. run to: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. run to: Collins English Dictionary
  5. run to: Wiktionary
  6. run to: Dictionary.com
  7. run to: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run to: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run to: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (run to)

verb:  (idiomatic) To reach a particular maximum amount, size, value, etc.
verb:  (idiomatic) To be capable of reaching or achieving.
verb:  To go to a responsible person or authority figure for support; to require another to support oneself.

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