run into

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

3)

we ran into a problem

Syn:
experience, encounter, meet with, be faced with, be confronted with
4)

his debts run into six figures

Syn:
reach, extend to, be as much as

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  • 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 — 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 lot of money.… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • 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 — 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

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