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. Athena Athena:

   If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them, everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

2. 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.

3. Jasmine Henderson:

   I haven't run into any problems, the most I saw were lots of lap dances.

4. Benjamin Franklin:

   Think what you do when you run into debt; you give another power over your liberty.

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.