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Run aground

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float. intransitive

    "The ship ran aground and had to be towed back out to sea."

  2. 2
    hit or reach the ground wordnet
  3. 3
    To cause (a vessel) to be immobilized by water too shallow to allow it to float. transitive

    "The drunken helmsman ran the ship aground."

  4. 4
    bring to the ground wordnet

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