run into
verb(preposition; mainly intr)
(also tr) to collide with or cause to collide with: her car ran into a tree
to encounter unexpectedly
(also tr) to be beset by or cause to be beset by: the project ran into financial difficulties
to extend to; be of the order of: debts running into thousands
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Other Idioms and Phrases with run into
run into
Meet or find by chance, as in I ran into an old friend at the concert. [c. 1900]
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