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run into
verb
(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
Idioms and Phrases
Meet or find by chance, as in I ran into an old friend at the concert . [c. 1900]
See run against , def. 1.
Collide with, as in The car ran straight into the retaining wall . [c. 1800]
Incur, as in We've run into extra expenses with the renovation , or James said they've run into debt . [c. 1400]
Mount up, increase to, as in Her book may well run into a second volume .
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 .
Example Sentences
The publication was first put up for sale in 2023 after its longtime owners, the Barclay family, ran into financial difficulties.
She ran into the dress shop with wisps of straw stuck to her legs and only minutes to choose, for the wagon could not wait long.
She sounded as careless and charming as if she had just run into an old friend at the theater.
What were the odds they might run into him again?
Then, just as the public, the curators, and the archaeologists waited anxiously to see what would be discovered next, the divers announced they had run into a serious problem.
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