to run into

Definition von to run into im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To blend into; to be followed by or adjacent to without there being a clear boundary
Of course, a show might start at a certain time, and one must place bets at the sports book at the right time, but for the most part, day runs into night and night runs into day without notice or comment.; To reach, to flow into (a body of water)
Œāso, on the coast, at the northern extremity of the Pyrenees, where the River Magrăda, now Urumea, runs into the sea.; To cause to blend into
You can use the paintbrush this way to run the colors into each other.; To enter by running
He ran into the building.; To cause to collide with
He lost control of the vehicle and ran it into a tree.; To collide with
He lost control of the vehicle and ran into a tree.; To encounter or meet unexpectedly (literally or figuratively)
Everything was going according to plan until we ran into the legal problems.; To reach a large figure
By the end, the cost of the project ran into the millions of dollars.; be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties; If you run into someone, you meet them unexpectedly. He ran into Krettner in the corridor a few minutes later. = meet, bump into; {f} 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"); hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"; If a vehicle runs into something, it accidentally hits it. The driver failed to negotiate a bend and ran into a tree; If you run into problems or difficulties, you unexpectedly begin to experience them. They agreed to sell last year after they ran into financial problems; collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole"; You use run into when indicating that the cost or amount of something is very great. He said companies should face punitive civil penalties running into millions of pounds; be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"