run into

British  

verb

1. (also tr) to collide with or cause to collide with

   her car ran into a tree

2. to encounter unexpectedly

3. (also tr) to be beset by or cause to be beset by

   the project ran into financial difficulties

4. to extend to; be of the order of

   debts running into thousands

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run into Idioms  

1. Meet or find by chance, as in I ran into an old friend at the concert . [c. 1900]

2. See run against , def. 1.

3. Collide with, as in The car ran straight into the retaining wall . [c. 1800]

4. Incur, as in We've run into extra expenses with the renovation , or James said they've run into debt . [c. 1400]

5. Mount up, increase to, as in Her book may well run into a second volume .

6. Follow without interruption, as in What with one day running into the next, we never knew just what day it was! or He spoke so fast his words ran into one another . [Late 1600s] Also see run into a stone wall ; run into the ground .

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Example Sentences

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run into

Radwan spurned a good opportunity to score his second, kicking the ball dead when he had a whole half of the field to run into.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

But the expansion has also run into resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

If you fill your successor trustee list with family members and the trust keeps going for decades, you may run into a longevity issue.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Those demands could run into Grand Teton’s rules for special events.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

I grab the cart and push so hard, I run into a basket of lotions and soaps.

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

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