run into
phrasal verbrun into somebody
- (informal) to meet somebody by chance
- Guess who I ran into today!
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run into something
- to enter an area of bad weather while travelling
- We ran into thick fog on the way home.
- to experience difficulties, etc.
- Be careful not to run into debt.
- to run into danger/trouble/difficulties
- to reach a particular level or amount
- Her income runs into six figures (= is more than £100 000, $100 000, etc.).
run into somebody/something
- to crash into somebody/something
- The bus went out of control and ran into a line of people.
run something into somebody/something
- to make a vehicle crash into somebody/something
- He ran his car into a tree.