单词 | run into |
释义 | run intoSEE SYNONYMS FOR run into ON THESAURUS.COM verb (preposition; mainly intr)(also tr) to collide with or cause to collide withher car ran into a tree to encounter unexpectedly (also tr) to be beset by or cause to be beset bythe project ran into financial difficulties to extend to; be of the order ofdebts running into thousands Words nearby run intorunic, run-in, run in place, run interference, run in the blood, run into, run into a stone wall, run into the ground, run its course, Runjeet Singh, runless Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with run intorun into 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. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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