run into sth

— Phrasal Verb with run

/rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)

Definition

HIT › to hit something while you are driving a vehicle: He skidded and ran into a tree.

REACH A LEVEL › If an amount runs into thousands, millions, etc, it reaches that level.

PROBLEMS › If you run into difficulties, you begin to experience them: to run into trouble

(Definition of run into sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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