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run afoul

verb

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  1. To become entangled or in conflict with.

    • At last we hove in sight of the Pacific, and run afoul one of those villainous head winds which you know often set into the west end of the Straits.
    • Propellers can run afoul in heavy seaweed, and ships are said to be afoul when they collide.

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