[General] run to fat = get fat

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vil

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Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I’m right with the usage of the phrase “run to fat” in the following sentences.

Thank God I shall never run to fat.
She exclaimed happily that she would never run to fat.

run to fat = become fat; get fat; have a tendency to corpulence

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V.
 

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Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I’m right with the usage of the phrase “run to fat” in the following sentences.

Thank God I shall never run to fat.
She exclaimed happily that she would never run to fat.

run to fat = become fat; get fat; have a tendency to corpulence

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V.


Sounds good to me! :)

buggles (not a a teacher)
 
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Vil:

Never used as such in the U.S. ...."get fat" would be used.

Bill McD
 
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or -
be fat

or -

become fat.

Is "run to fat" a slang phrase? Where did you hear it/
 
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Dear teachers,

Would you be kind enough to tell me whether I’m right with the usage of the phrase “run to fat” in the following sentences.

Thank God I shall never run to fat.
She exclaimed happily that she would never run to fat.

run to fat = become fat; get fat; have a tendency to corpulence

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V.

In India run to is used in its literal meaning as well as idiomatically (meaning; amount to, in the sense of "extend" but not “add” ) As:
This bus runs to the city centre. (literal)
The total will run to thousands of dollars. (Idiomatic)

The common expression for increasing or loosing fat are:
To become/reduce fat, To add/loose fat
 
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In the UK, it's used to suggest getting fat through inaction and is not an uncommon phrase.

"She's a nice looking girl, but the women in that family tend to run to fat.

i.e. They tend to get fatter as they get older.
 
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