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run into1Collide with: he ran into a lamppost...- A passing car lost control and ran into the telephone kiosk knocking it to the ground.
- And then suddenly, one of the guys ran into me, knocking me down, along with my box, which held my computer disks and floppies.
- Sneaking through the room, he was about to launch an attack on the intruder when he ran into the dresser, knocking over a lamp.
Synonyms collide with, be in collision with, hit, strike, crash into, smash into, knock into, plough into, barge into, meet head-on, ram; North American impact 1.1Meet by chance: I ran into Moira on the way home...- Then, quite by chance, he runs into a woman with whom he had a furtive adolescent relationship.
- The chances of running into Clayton out here were next to nil, but I looked anyway.
- Since you're in the same building during the same hours, there's a pretty good chance you'll run into each other on more than a few occasions.
1.2Experience (a problem or difficulty): the bank ran into financial difficulties...- He had run into financial difficulties trying to maintain two families.
- Just after I finished school, my older brother Hal ran into some financial difficulties.
- These huge numbers are due to the increasing numbers of people running into difficulties because of credit card debts and other loans.
2Reach (a level or amount): debts running into millions of dollars...- Southend Council is to ask the Government to foot the bill for damage caused by the Cliffs landslide with the amount expected to run into several million pounds.
- It is not yet known how much but police confirmed the amount ran into thousands of pounds.
- The cost of losing even small amounts of data can run into the millions of dollars.
Synonyms reach, extend to, be as high/much as 3Blend into or appear to coalesce with: her words ran into each other...- This is how he talks, so fast that all the words run into one.
- Nonetheless, the set was as original as they come, with songs running into each other seamlessly and slowing down or speeding up whenever the mood took them.
- The villages of Methil and Leven run into each other, and the 9000 people who live there are part of a close-knit community where everyone seems to know everything that is going on.
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