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Phrase(s): run into someone
Go to bump into someone., Phrase(s): run someone or something into something [and] run someone or something in
to take or drive someone or something into something or some place. • Let me run you into the city this morning. I need the car today. • Do you want to go to town? I have to run in George and you can come along., Phrase(s): run something into something [and] run something in
1. to guide or route something, such as a wire or a pipe, into something or a place. • The worker ran the circuit into each room. • He ran in the circuit as specified. 2. to guide something into something; to drive or steer something into something else. • Bobby ran his bicycle into the wall, bending the front wheel. • Please don’t run your car into the wall!, Phrase(s): run into someone or something
to bump into someone or something. • I didn’t mean to run into you. I’m sorry. • Mary ran into the fence and scraped her elbow.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Meet or find by chance, as in I ran into an old friend at the concert. [c. 1900] 2. See RUN AGAINST, def. 1. 3. Collide with, as in The car ran straight into the retaining wall. [c. 1800] 4. Incur, as in We've run into extra expenses with the renovation, or James said they've run into debt. [c. 1400] 5. Mount up, increase to, as in Her book may well run into a second volume. 6. Follow without interruption, as in What with one day running into the next, we never knew just what day it was! or He spoke so fast his words ran into one another. [Late 1600s] Also see RUN INTO A STONE WALL; RUN INTO THE GROUND.
American Heritage Idioms