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. Ogochukwu Diei:

   Instead of me having to interact physically with my friends and contact them or run into them in order to get their attention and let them know how I'm doing, they can just contact me on Facebook or through email, it's easier for me to say 'Hey, I'm doing fine.'.

2. Katrina Pierson:

   Your viewers, I'm pretty sure, have run into an individual that is the complete epitome of annoying to where you absolutely have to finally give in in order to get on about your day.

3. Ben Schlappig:

   The airplane feels like home now, i feel as at home in Emirates first class, as I do anywhere else. I know every aspect of the seats ; there's a certain familiarity with the staff ; I tend to run into the same crews.

4. Raglan Givens:

   If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you’re the asshole.

5. Jane Dueker:

   They’re understaffed, underpaid, so when they have the ability to bring a case to the prosecutor’s office, to not have it prosecuted is demoralizing, because they know that nine times out of 10 they’re gonna run into this person again.