Run-into Definition

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(intransitive but with prepositional object, literally) To enter by running.

He ran into the building.

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(intransitive but with prepositional object) To collide with.

He lost control of the vehicle and ran into a tree.

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(with prepositional object) To cause to collide with.

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

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(intransitive but with prepositional object, by extension) To encounter or meet unexpectedly (literally or figuratively).

I ran into your cousin the other day.

Everything was going according to plan until we ran into the legal problems.

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(intransitive but with prepositional object, dated, of flowing water) To reach, to flow into (a body of water).

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