run into

Definitions

1. 1

   To enter by running.

   • He ran into the building.
   • Here we were nearly 8 min. early, and was now a matter of spinning out time, as indeed we did—losing 3 min. from Penrith to Carlisle!—in order not to run into Carlisle more than 5 min. early.
2. 2

   To collide with.

   • He lost control of the vehicle and ran into a tree.
   • I've sustained some front-end damage after running into a pothole.
3. 3

   To cause to collide with.

   • He lost control of the vehicle and ran it into a tree.
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   1. 4

      To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively).

      • I ran into your cousin the other day.
      • Everything was going according to plan until we ran into the legal problems.
   2. 5

      To reach, to flow into (a body of water).

   3. 6

      To blend into

      To blend into; to be followed by or adjacent to without there being a clear boundary.

   4. 7

      To cause to blend into.

      • You can use the paintbrush this way to run the colors into each other.
   5. 8

      To reach a large figure.

      • By the end, the cost of the project ran into the millions of dollars.
   6. 9

      To amount to.

      • debts running into millions

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