run into

Phonetics

verb

To enter by running.
Example: He ran into the building.
To collide with.
Example: He lost control of the vehicle and ran into a tree.
To cause to collide with.
Example: He lost control of the vehicle and ran it into a tree.
(by extension) To encounter or meet unexpectedly (literally or figuratively).
Example: Everything was going according to plan until we ran into the legal problems.
(of flowing water) To reach, to flow into (a body of water).
To blend into; to be followed by or adjacent to without there being a clear boundary.
To cause to blend into.
Example: You can use the paintbrush this way to run the colors into each other.
To reach a large figure.
Example: By the end, the cost of the project ran into the millions of dollars.

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