run into

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

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 incident is the second time the McLaren drivers have collided this year, after Norris ran into the back of Piastri while trying to overtake him in Canada in June and had to retire.

From BBC

But her plan ran into strong headwinds in a party where patronage is rampant.

From Los Angeles Times

NIE Networks said it is "doing our very best" to get as many as possible reconnected, but had already warned it could run into Monday.

From BBC

Ohtani, meanwhile, ran into early trouble in the bottom of the second.

From Los Angeles Times

The Calabasas-based lawyer remembered being initially “surprised” when he ran into Ortega in Washington, D.C., while both were representing clients accused of crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

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