run into

Found in thesaurus: be, hit, run into, strike, collide with, impinge on, touch

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run into
v. collide with -; bump into, come up against -; meet someone by chance (e.g.: "I was walking around the mall yesterday and I ran into an old school friend whom I haven't seen in ten years")

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run into

Verb
1. be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
(synonym) encounter
(hypernym) be
2. collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"
(synonym) bump into, jar against, butt against, knock against
(hypernym) hit, strike, impinge on, collide with
3. hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
(synonym) hit, strike, impinge on, collide with
(hypernym) touch
(hyponym) ping
(verb-group) strike


ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITIONDownload this dictionary
run into
be affected by, get into He ran into trouble when he tried to cross the border with no visa.
 
run into (someone)
meet by chance I ran into him when I was at the supermarket.
 
run into (something)
hit something or crash into something His car ran into the other car on the highway.

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run into
Synonyms and related words:
add up to, afford, aggregate, aggregate to, alight upon, alter into, amount to, bang, bang into, be converted into, become, blunder upon, bring, bring in, bump, bump into, cannon, carom, carom into, chance upon, change into, clash, collide, come across, come among, come into collision, come on, come round to, come to, come up against, come up to, come upon, comprise, concuss, confront, confront each other, contain, cost, crack up, crash, crash into, crump, crunch, dash into, discover serendipitously, encounter, evolve into, fall aboard, fall across, fall among, fall foul of, fall in with, fall into, fall upon, fetch, foul, happen upon, head into, hit, hit against, hit upon, hurt, hurtle, impinge, knock, knock against, lapse into, light upon, meet, meet head-on, meet up with, meet with, melt into, mount up to, number, open into, pass into, percuss, pitch upon, ram, reckon up to, ripen into, run across, run broadside on, run down, run in, run smack into, run to, run up against, run upon, sail into, sell for, set one back, settle into, shift into, sideswipe, slam into, smack into, smash, smash into, smash up, strike, strike against, stumble on, stumble upon, tot up to, total, total up to, tote up to, tumble on, turn into, turn to, unitize, whomp
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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run into
run into
  • chạy vào trong
    • mắc vào, rơi vào
      • to run into debt: mắc nợ
      • to run into absurdity: rơi vào chỗ vô lý
    • va phải, đụng phải
      • hoà hợp với nhau; đổi thành, biến thành
        • ngẫu nhiên gặp
          • đạt tới
            • the book run into five aditions: cuốn sách được xuất bản tới năm lần

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