run into

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 plans have run into strong opposition from civil rights campaigners.

Syn:
2) PHRASAL VERB If you run into someone, you meet them unexpectedly.

[V P n] He ran into Krettner in the corridor a few minutes later.

Syn:
meet, bump into
3) PHRASAL VERB If a vehicle runs into something, it accidentally hits it.

[V P n] The driver failed to negotiate a bend and ran into a tree.

Syn:
crash into, hit
4) PHRASAL VERB You use run into when indicating that the cost or amount of something is very great.

[V P amount] He said companies should face punitive civil penalties running into millions of pounds.

Syn:

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  • run into — index impinge, pervade Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • 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 sb — UK US run into sb Phrasal Verb with run({{}}/rʌn/ verb (running, ran, run) ► to meet someone you know when you are not expecting to: »I ran into my boss at the supermarket …   Financial and business terms

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  • run into debt — index overdraw Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • run into each other — index collide (crash against) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • run into sth — UK US run into sth Phrasal Verb with run({{}}/rʌn/ verb (running, ran, run) ► to experience problems: »run into trouble/difficulty/problems ► to reach a particular cost or amount, as a total: »The repairs will probably run into thousands of …   Financial and business terms

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