Synonyms for run into
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1. run into, encounterverb

   be beset by

   "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

   Synonyms:
   encounter, happen, jar against, chance, bump, play, strike, take on, come across, meet, knock against, impinge on, receive, collide with, hit, butt against, find, bump into, run across, see

2. run into, bump into, jar against, butt against, knock againstverb

   collide violently with an obstacle

   "I ran into the telephone pole"

   Synonyms:
   encounter, jar against, march, edge, strike, come across, meet, knock against, impinge on, border, abut, collide with, butt, hit, butt against, bump into, adjoin, run across, butt on, see

3. hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide withverb

   hit against; come into sudden contact with

   "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

   Synonyms:
   chance upon, shoot, excise, dispatch, butt against, move, hit, arrive at, strickle, attain, chance on, reach, take, fall upon, meet, strike, score, knock against, make, off, polish off, pip, assume, mint, collide with, coin, gain, encounter, fall, walk out, impinge on, affect, scratch, happen upon, stumble, slay, run across, shine, jar against, murder, rack up, tally, impress, bump into, come across, take up, come to, expunge, come upon, light upon, see, discover, bump off, remove

4. meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, seeverb

   come together

   "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, project, hit, interpret, examine, look, experience, get word, visualise, take on, come upon, fit, assure, image, fancy, run across, go steady, fulfill, learn, fill, receive, discover, light upon, escort, fall upon, contact, pick up, cope with, visit, collide with, reckon, consider, happen, suffer, come across, regard, get a line, get wind, chance on, figure, take care, match, converge, gather, control, ascertain, come over, attend, date, realize, check, meet, go out, witness, attain, strike, chance, catch, forgather, construe, find out, foregather, see, jar against, satisfy, visualize, picture, fulfil, bump into, find, conform to, knock against, go through, take in, view, chance upon, assemble, see to it, butt against, insure, bump, hear, impinge on, envision, happen upon, determine, play, encounter, watch, resonate, touch, understand, get together, realise, adjoin

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1. run into

   Synonyms:
   collide

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1. Cathryn Cluver Ashbrook:

   A lot of things are happening at once and The EU is historically very bad at dealing with simultaneous crises, it doesn't take much for one problem to run into another : The migration crisis on the Belarusian border and the Ukrainian tensions both follow a road back to Moscow, elevating Putin's hand in any dialogue.

2. Dinesh Indala:

   Every time we come in for an inspection, as is evident from the last one, we had to replace two batteries, replace the smoke detectors. And these are 10-year smoke detectors, so that's something we run into quite often on our properties.

3. Donald Trump:

   We do not want to run into the November elections.

4. Calvin Coolidge:

   If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that 9 will run into the ditch before they reach you.

5. Joaquin Guerrero:

   They’re stuck there, they can’t move, they can’t let their natural instincts kick in for them, lots of times when people become dog owners they think, ‘oh they’re a dog, they can sustain, do whatever.’ But they’re not educated for the summer weather, the fall, the spring, the winter, and we run into these problems.