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单词 run into
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run into

1Collide with: he ran into a lamppost...
  • A passing car lost control and ran into the telephone kiosk knocking it to the ground.
  • And then suddenly, one of the guys ran into me, knocking me down, along with my box, which held my computer disks and floppies.
  • Sneaking through the room, he was about to launch an attack on the intruder when he ran into the dresser, knocking over a lamp.

Synonyms

collide with, be in collision with, hit, strike, crash into, smash into, knock into, plough into, barge into, meet head-on, ram;
North American impact
1.1Meet by chance: I ran into Moira on the way home...
  • Then, quite by chance, he runs into a woman with whom he had a furtive adolescent relationship.
  • The chances of running into Clayton out here were next to nil, but I looked anyway.
  • Since you're in the same building during the same hours, there's a pretty good chance you'll run into each other on more than a few occasions.
1.2Experience (a problem or difficulty): the bank ran into financial difficulties...
  • He had run into financial difficulties trying to maintain two families.
  • Just after I finished school, my older brother Hal ran into some financial difficulties.
  • These huge numbers are due to the increasing numbers of people running into difficulties because of credit card debts and other loans.
2Reach (a level or amount): debts running into millions of dollars...
  • Southend Council is to ask the Government to foot the bill for damage caused by the Cliffs landslide with the amount expected to run into several million pounds.
  • It is not yet known how much but police confirmed the amount ran into thousands of pounds.
  • The cost of losing even small amounts of data can run into the millions of dollars.

Synonyms

reach, extend to, be as high/much as
3Blend into or appear to coalesce with: her words ran into each other...
  • This is how he talks, so fast that all the words run into one.
  • Nonetheless, the set was as original as they come, with songs running into each other seamlessly and slowing down or speeding up whenever the mood took them.
  • The villages of Methil and Leven run into each other, and the 9000 people who live there are part of a close-knit community where everyone seems to know everything that is going on.
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