Run-into Definition

verb

(intransitive but with prepositional object, literally) To enter by running.

He ran into the building.
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(intransitive but with prepositional object) To collide with.

He lost control of the vehicle and ran into a tree.
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(with prepositional object) To cause to collide with.
He lost control of the vehicle and ran it into a tree.
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(intransitive but with prepositional object, by extension) To encounter or meet unexpectedly (literally or figuratively).

I ran into your cousin the other day.
Everything was going according to plan until we ran into the legal problems.
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(intransitive but with prepositional object, dated, of flowing water) To reach, to flow into (a body of water).

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Run-into Sentence Examples

  • He's about to run into something bad.

  • If you run into trouble, ask the portals to bring you to me.

  • Time taken to gain access in extreme cases can run into hours.

  • Do not mistake; do not run into the thought that these ends being worthy ones must sanctify the means employed to reach them.

  • Now dead animal substance and the excreta of animals decompose in the long run into carbonic acid, water and mineral salts, and so there is a continual destruction of animal substance both on the land and in the sea.

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Words Starting With

RRURUN

Words Ending With

OTONTO

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Words Starting With R and Ending With O

Starts With R & Ends With OStarts With RU & Ends With OStarts With R & Ends With TO

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With R8 Letter Words Ending With O