Excuse me. I didn't mean to bump into you.
•The child on the bicycle nearly bumped into me.
2. Fig. to chance on someone; to meet someone by chance. (Not normally with physical contact.) •Guess who I bumped into downtown today?
•I ran into Bill Jones yesterday.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
run into someone — run into (someone) to meet someone by chance. I ran into Mike on Seventh Avenue … New idioms dictionary
run into — (someone) to meet someone by chance. I ran into Mike on Seventh Avenue … New idioms dictionary
run into — verb 1. be beset by (Freq. 6) The project ran into numerous financial difficulties • Syn: ↑encounter • Hypernyms: ↑be • Verb Frames: Something s something … Useful english dictionary
run into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms run into : present tense I/you/we/they run into he/she/it runs into present participle running into past tense ran into past participle run into 1) run into someone to meet someone when you did not expect to… … English dictionary
run into — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you run into problems or difficulties, you unexpectedly begin to experience them. [V P n (not pron)] Wang agreed to sell IBM systems last year after it ran into financial problems... [V P n (not pron)] But the government s… … English dictionary
run into sb — UK US run into sb Phrasal Verb with run({{}}/rʌn/ verb (running, ran, run) ► to meet someone you know when you are not expecting to: »I ran into my boss at the supermarket … Financial and business terms
run into the ground — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To do or use (something) more than is wanted or needed. * /It s all right to borrow my hammer once in a while, but don t run it into the ground./ 2. To win over or defeat (someone) completely. * /We lost the game today,… … Dictionary of American idioms
run into the ground — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To do or use (something) more than is wanted or needed. * /It s all right to borrow my hammer once in a while, but don t run it into the ground./ 2. To win over or defeat (someone) completely. * /We lost the game today,… … Dictionary of American idioms
run\ into\ the\ ground — v. phr. informal 1. To do or use (smth) more than is wanted or needed. It s all right to borrow my hammer once in a while, but don t run it into the ground. 2. To win over or defeat (someone) completely. We lost the game today, but tomorrow we ll … Словарь американских идиом
run into — v. collide with ; bump into, come up against ; meet someone by chance (e.g.: I was walking around the mall yesterday and I ran into an old school friend whom I haven t seen in ten years ) … English contemporary dictionary
run into a bullet — to be killed Often used when there is a pretence that the killing was accidental: If it develops that a rival ran into a spare bullet while someone was practising targetshooting, that s just too bad. (Lavine, 1930) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
