run aground

run aground (on something)

[for a ship] to ram its hull into something beneath the water and get stuck. The ship ran aground on a reef and had to wait for high tide to get free. I was afraid we would run aground in the storm.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hickman	['hikmən]
Zsigmond	-	Hungarian
Eleanor	['elinə]
Doris	DAWR-is (English), DO-ris (German)	English, German, Croatian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Vicente	[vi'senti]
Birgit	BIR-git (Swedish)	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German