run into — ► run into 1) collide with. 2) meet by chance. 3) experience (a problem or difficult situation). Main Entry: ↑run … English terms dictionary
run into — (someone) to meet someone by chance. I ran into Mike on Seventh Avenue … New idioms dictionary
run into — index impinge, pervade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
run into — verb 1. be beset by (Freq. 6) The project ran into numerous financial difficulties • Syn: ↑encounter • Hypernyms: ↑be • Verb Frames: Something s something … Useful english dictionary
run into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms run into : present tense I/you/we/they run into he/she/it runs into present participle running into past tense ran into past participle run into 1) run into someone to meet someone when you did not expect to… … English dictionary
run into — {v.} 1. To mix with; join with. * /If the paint brush is too wet, the red paint will run into the white on the house./ * /This small brook runs into a big river in the valley below./ 2. To add up to; reach; total. * /Car repairs can run into a… … Dictionary of American idioms
run into — {v.} 1. To mix with; join with. * /If the paint brush is too wet, the red paint will run into the white on the house./ * /This small brook runs into a big river in the valley below./ 2. To add up to; reach; total. * /Car repairs can run into a… … Dictionary of American idioms
run into — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you run into problems or difficulties, you unexpectedly begin to experience them. [V P n (not pron)] Wang agreed to sell IBM systems last year after it ran into financial problems... [V P n (not pron)] But the government s… … English dictionary
run into — 1) a car ran into his van Syn: collide with, hit, strike, crash into, smash into, plow into, ram, impact 2) I ran into Hugo the other day See run across 3) we ran into a problem … Thesaurus of popular words
run into — I. bump, crash into My car slid on the ice and I ran into a mail box knocked it down. II. meet by chance, bump into, run across Did you run into anyone you know? See any old friends? … English idioms
