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

With most co-brands, balances sell at a premium of up to 8%, a figure that can run into the double digits for the strongest programs.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Met Office has also issued a fresh yellow weather warning for most of Scotland which runs into Tuesday.

From BBC

Whichever option parliamentarians pick, the government is going to have to foot a bill to pay for the works, running into many billions.

From BBC

At a computing conference in Seoul where AI was a main theme, Paik ran into old colleagues and asked a question: “Should we be getting into AI chips?”

From The Wall Street Journal

The last time I was there, I ran into Phoebe Bridgers.

From Los Angeles Times

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