run in
phrasal verbrun somebody in
- (old-fashioned, informal) to arrest somebody and take them to a police station
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run something in
- (British English) (in the past) to prepare the engine of a new car for normal use by driving slowly and carefully
- (figurative) Whatever system you choose, it must be run in properly.