Usually means: Encounter unexpectedly or by accident.
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  1. run into: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. run into: Merriam-Webster
  3. run into: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. run into: Collins English Dictionary
  5. run into: Vocabulary.com
  6. run into: Wiktionary
  7. run into: Dictionary.com
  8. run into: Rhymezone
  9. run into: Phrasal Verb Page
  10. run into: FreeDictionary.org
  11. run into: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. run into: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. run into: Encyclopedia

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  1. run into: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (run into)

verb:  (intransitive but with prepositional object, literally) To enter by running.
verb:  (intransitive but with prepositional object) To collide with.
verb:  (transitive and with prepositional object) To cause to collide with.
verb:  (intransitive but with prepositional object, by extension) To unexpectedly encounter or meet someone or something (literally or figuratively).
verb:  (intransitive but with prepositional object, dated, of flowing water) To reach, to flow into (a body of water).
verb:  (intransitive but with prepositional object) To blend into; to be followed by or adjacent to without there being a clear boundary.
verb:  (transitive and with prepositional object) To cause to blend into.
verb:  To reach a large figure.

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