Contextualizebeta

run afoul of

verb

Definitions

  1. To become entangled in

    To become entangled in; to run aground on.

  2. To contravene.

    • When quoting others, take care not to run afoul of copyright rules.
    • Facebook ran afoul of Apple because it used this system to distribute its data-collection app to consumers outside the company, which isn’t allowed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for run afoul of. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA