Brewer's: Runs

The tub runs- leaks, or lets out water. In this and all similar phrases the verb run means to “be in a running state.” Thus we have “the ulcer runs,” “the cup runs over,” “the rivers run blood,” “the field runs with blood.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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