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

The 99-yard return looked like it might turn the tide for the Trojans, until, on the next drive, Rutgers busted a 49-yard run into the red zone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

But as usual, he can’t help but break through the fence and run into traffic.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

When players run into the edge of the map, a "Deported" number shows how many people the player was able to catch.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Letting a for-profit company manage the toll road made so much fiscal sense to Mr. Daniels that he was surprised to run into resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

When you aim for the stars, sometimes you run into angry asteroids named Ainsley.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

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